Born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma (the source, he says, of his down-home good nature), Scott knew he wanted to be a banker at age 11. He held his first banking job while a 7th grader: he washed bank windows and picked up trash while quizzing bankers about their jobs. From there he worked his way up: from teller to investment officer to examiner to compliance officer to COO to CIO. Today he is president of Peoples Bank in Taos and Red River.

Scott is an active volunteer fire fighter and serves as Chief of the Pot Creek Fire Department. He is active in Taos Chamber of Commerce, the Taos Community Foundation, the Taos Literacy Center Board, and the Holy Cross Hospital Foundation. Scott has three children—a daughter who attends New Mexico State University, a son who attends University of New Mexico, and a one-year old baby Roman. In addition to her full-time job at Peoples Bank, Scott's wife Traci is a volunteer firefighter and works with CAV, Taos Community Foundation, and the Kiwanis.

Scott supports Holy Cross Hospital Foundation because he believes we all need to do whatever we can to improve the health of residents of Taos and the surrounding areas. He encourages you to find out more about the Foundation and to join him in supporting this fine organization.