Meet the KSBA Executive Director

Bill Scott William G. Scott of Frankfort became the chief executive of the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) on July 1, 2005. He had been the associate executive director since 2003.

Scott, 57, came to KSBA in 1995 to create a school safety and student support service that focused on reducing learning barriers for students while building resources for schools to use in addressing safety issues. During his tenure with KSBA, he also spent a year as the interim director of the Kentucky Center for School Safety.

A former youth counselor and social worker, Scott has worked in school, child and family therapy programs for state agencies in Kentucky and New York. He came to KSBA from the Kentucky Department of Education, where he directed the Division of Student and Family Support Services. He also was director of the Child and Adolescent Service System Program in the Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services.

Scott, who has master’s degrees from the University of Kentucky and Alfred University in New York, is a member of the Class of 2003 of Leadership Kentucky. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Kentucky Humanities Council, the HOPE Foundation and Kentucky Child Now!

The Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) is a nonprofit corporation of school boards from each public school district in Kentucky. The association, founded in 1936, serves school board members and school districts in such areas as governmental relations, board member and team development, risk management, legal services, policy services, publications and community relations. It is governed by a 27-member board of directors made up of representatives elected as regional chairpersons or as directors-at-large. With nearly 900 school board members, KSBA is the largest organization of elected officials in Kentucky.