Scott Rotruck

Scott Rotruck is Vice President of Corporate Development and State Government Relations for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. He is a 1977 West Virginia University graduate and holds an MBA from Frostburg State University. He spent 10 years in the railroad industry with CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation. He spent 15 years in the energy sector with Anker Energy and CONSOL. He served as the Economic Development Director and Senior Adviser to the President at WVU and worked for the WVU Extension Service. He served a term as chairman of the WVU Extension Service Visiting Committee. Scott was Chairman and CEO of the Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce. He taught Entrepreneurship at WVU’s College of Business & Economics and is a FastTrac Facilitator for the Kauffman Foundation’s Entrepreneurial Training Programs. He is the past chairman of Vision Shared, West Virginia Tourism Commission, the West Virginia Council for Community and Economic Development, WVJIT and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin in 2000. Scott served on task forces for the Cheat River and the North Branch of the Potomac River, which runs through his hometown of Keyser, W.Va. He served on the University of Charleston’s Board of Trustees and is a board member of Imagine Greater Pittsburgh. Scott served on the United Way Board of Monongalia and Marion County, W.Va., the Convention and Visitors Board and many other local and regional philanthropic and community organizations. He also served on the boards of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association Board of Directors and Energize West Virginia. Scott and his wife, Carol who is from New Martinsville, W.Va., have three adult children, Sarah, Jill, and Ethan.