After a 14-year career as an Emmy award-winning reporter, Scott upset a 32-year Democratic Congressman in Wisconsin. Despite winning his four elections by an average of 63% he stayed true to his term limit pledge and retired. He had the 3rd most independent voting record of any Wisconsin Member of Congress in the last 50 years.
Scott is a Public Affairs Director and Co-Chair of the firm’s Federal Public Affairs Practice. The former Congressman represents a broad array of the firm’s clients in Washington and several state capitals. He is also able to draw on 15 years of experience as an Emmy award-winning television reporter to help clients craft proactive media strategies, particularly when faced with crisis management challenges.
It has been nearly 25 years since Scott was in Congress representing the Madison area, and even longer than that since he was a popular TV news anchor in the city.
In 2013, he authored The Alliance, a mystery novel about religion and antiquities.
Scott has returned to the public eye to represent “Lost in the Middle” voices in a regular podcast he produces.
Scott is a resident of Madison Wisconsin with his wife, Theresa Summers Klug. The couple has three children.
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As one of the initial driving forces behind the Bridge Alliance and as chairman of the board, David Nevins brings business acumen, vision and a tireless this-must-and-can-be-done zeal to the burgeoning movement to bridge divides to transform the political process.
As a business leader, Nevins excels at building bridges between people and organizations from the right, left and center for civilized conversation and then action.
He co-founded the Bridge Alliance because, as he says, “No matter how well managed and how well funded any one organization is, significant political reform will not happen without an alliance to further collaborative interactions. Together we can and will raise the collective impact of all.”
Nevins is also co-publisher of The Fulcrum, a daily new publication committed to protecting democracy by educating the public on issues that matter. The Fulcrum is a key piece of a larger strategy to build a pro-democracy constituency of millions of Americans by making it easier to find and act on civic engagement opportunities. The Bridge Alliance, The Fulcrum, and Citizen Connect are all interconnected in their support of the ecosystem of our community of pro-democracy organizations and concerned and engaged citizens.
He established and continues to work with The Nevins Fellow program at The Mccourtney Institute of Democracy at Penn State University. The Nevins Fellows program allows students to complete internships at organizations that bring people together to solve common problems. In this program students begin by taking a Democratic Leadership class that introduces them to a different side of democracy—one that focuses not on campaigns and elections, but on bringing people together to work on common problems. Students learn about organizations doing this kind of work, and develop the skills necessary to facilitate conversations about community issues.
He is a member of the Aspen Institute Society of Fellows, with a focus on the Aspen Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership.
Nevins graduated with honors in economics from Penn State in 1969 and received an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He continues as President of Nevins Real Estate Management. Nevins is married to Catherine Moyal Nevins. They currently reside in Palm Beach Gardens Florida and Cape May New Jersey.
