Scott follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Griffith, and great uncles, Carl and Lester, who boldly founded the company in 1928. In addition, his late father, Paul, worked for the company for 40 years and served as chairman of the board from 1995 to 1997. Scott joined the company full-time in 1980 after earning a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Lawrence University in New York. He went on to earn an MBA from Pennsylvania State University in 1982. Although he had worked part-time since 1976 on various tree crews as a college student, Scott spent the next several years gaining more field experience with assignments in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Illinois. In late 1987, after two years as a field manager of Asplundh operations in Missouri and eastern Kansas, he was elected vice president and returned to the corporate headquarters in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Residing in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, Scott and his wife of 37 years, Hali, are the parents of two adult children, Madeleine and Jared.