Scott is from Simsbury, CT and graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, with a BS in Finance. He moved to the Berkshires in 1978 to pursue a career in estate and financial planning. He was an officer at Peter Smith & Associates, Pittsfield, MA, for 18 years. The firm had several companies administering retirement plans, cafeteria plans and employer group insurance.
In 1996 he established The Lenox Group, to provide financial planning, investment management and employer-sponsored group insurance. In his free time, he enjoys reading about history, golf, playing guitar, bicycling, and spending time with his wife Jeanmarie, children, and grandchildren.