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Founder, and Chief Executive Officer, Scott also serves as CEO and Founder of Alcona Capital, LLC of Greenwich, Connecticut. For eighteen years, he was a partner and director of Ark Asset Management, formerly Lehman Management Company, the investment management subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. He spearheaded the growth of the firm from $500 million to$30 billion. A former Army Lieutenant and Vietnam veteran, he has long been active in veterans? initiatives. As co-chairman of the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission from 1982-89, he was instrumental in raising funds for the memorial and the "Welcome Home" parade down New York City's "Canyon of Heroes." He is a graduate of Gettysburg College, where he was a history major and NCAA All-American wrestler; in 1996, he was inducted into the Gettysburg College department of Athletics Hall of Fame. He went on to earn his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Scott serves on the boards of the Freedoms Foundation, and the European hedge fund, Mako Capital Partners. For eleven years he served on the Board of his alma mater, and for several years chaired its Endowment Fund. For eighteen years, he served on the Board of the The New York Shakespeare Festival [The Public Theater] and for several years was its co-chairman. He has three children with his wife, Lin Higgins, the Company's co-founder and COO.