Amber Scott
Amber Scott
Overview
Amber Scott is founder and executive director of Leap Year. A child of first generation college students the importance of higher education and the power that it can have to raise a family out of poverty was instilled in Amber at a young age. She believes that the opportunity for higher education should be open to everyone regardless of where they are born. After working in the nonprofit sector for ten years she founded Leap Year to challenge the status quo. Amber is a winner of WeWork s 2017 Incubate Creator Awards and was recognized by Black Enterprise as one of 25 Black Women Who Are Changing the World. She holds a BA in neuroscience from Smith College and an MBA in marketing from The Ohio State University.
