Scott Shepard is an accomplished speechwriter, policy advisor and senior communications strategist who specializes in the formulation of high impact multi-platform messaging for entities that serve the public at large, in both federal and private settings. A presidential appointee and respected thought leader, Scott’s background includes executive positions at the Transportation Security Administration as the Senior Communications Advisor, the Department of Homeland Security as Secretary Johnson’s Director of Speechwriting, and in the US Senate as Senior Speechwriter and Policy Advisor to Senator Joe Manchin and former Senator John Kerry. Scott’s proven ability to maximize impact and reach is evident in his extensive track record of exceptional messaging incubation and delivery in every role he has held to date. Scott offers deep knowledge of critical homeland security issues at both a national and global level, having researched, formulated and refined numerous high profile speeches, op-eds, congressional testimony and reports at the most senior levels of federal and legislative leadership. As a national political correspondent and news editor for the Associated Press and Cox, Scott has reported extensively on many of the events that have shaped our world in the past two decades, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Gulf War, the Clinton Impeachment and the Bush/Gore election, among many others. He is widely-known and appreciated for his finely-honed writing skills and the compelling narratives he weaves, even when dealing with the most complex, grave and challenging of topics.Scott’s influential and progressive communications style has consistently and positively shaped public perception of national leaders and the organizations in which they place their trust, and he remains committed to utilizing his many valuable skills in any capacity where clarity of message, concision of content and integrity of mission drive both the strategy and the goal.