Ray has over 20 years of experience creating and leading multi-million dollar political campaigns, electoral programs and advocacy efforts. He served in President Obama’s Administration at the Obama-Biden Transition, Department of the Interior and at the White House. Ray earned his Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. Ray Co-Founded Democracy.com, a civic engagement platform that connects voter and candidates at every level. He has spent the last four years scaling a program that recruits, inspires and support hundreds of leaders for elected office; and now he serves as part-time Senior Advisor to the program while embracing his most rewarding job as dad to Mateo and Gregory, ages 5 and 3. Whatever time he has to spare after the kids go to bed, he invests in getting diverse communities connected to the outdoors and mentoring the next generation of civic leaders.
Scott is an entrepreneur stuck in an attorney's body. Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock appointed Scott to serve as Denver's City Attorney, the youngest ever to oversee Denver's one-hundred attorney litigation, municipal business, airport and criminal prosecution departments. As City Attorney, Scott received the Hispanic National Bar Association's national Latino Lawyer of the year award for his innovations in establishing Denver's first civil litigation Taxpayer Protection Unit and Denver's Social Impact Bonds. He also founded the Government Entrepreneurial Leadership Accelerator to teach government leaders to think like an entrepreneur through an intensive 10-week boot camp. Scott has also been a partner and attorney at two of Denver's largest law firms, focusing on strategic government relations and creative development advice. Outside of work, Scott enjoys touring his family around in a classic Bronco and listening to live music.