Scott Nine is a full-time consultant focusing on educational and social change projects. Current projects are a mix of evaluation, communications, and strategy development efforts. He served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Education in America from 2010 to 2014 traveling, listening, organizing, and learning about the state of education across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Scott’s focus has been on the intersections of place and community-based education, movement building, systems thinking, entrepreneurship, action research, and public narrative. He earned a Masters in Social Work from Arizona State University in 2002. Scott was recently featured in the American Educational Research Association’s “Lead the Change Series.”