Scott Tanksley

Scott has led C-level searches for national and international nonprofits ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion in revenue. Blending his career experience in corporate and nonprofit, Scott is attuned to the competency, pace, and passion necessary to drive progress in organizations that are vigorously pursuing their mission.

Scott began his career in corporate real estate, traveling the U.S to establish some of the earliest data centers for Fortune 500 telecommunications clients. These were complex transactions for facilities that are part of the Internet’s infrastructure today.

Active as a volunteer at North Point Community Church in Atlanta, the fastest-growing church in America at the time, Scott was recruited to join the staff and help bring strategy and framework to their growth. As Strategic Partnership Director, Scott helped determine where to plant churches across the US and Canada and coached lead pastors as they built their teams and operations. After ten years at North Point, Scott spent the next five years founding two technology and social enterprise startups before joining CarterBaldwin.

Scott is a “military brat” who lived in the former West Germany and has visited 22 countries (so far!). He was a double major in Political Science and Economics at Mississippi State University and then received a Master’s in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Scott serves on the board of Restore NYC, a nonprofit serving trafficking survivors. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two teenage boys.