Experience/Background:
Featured on ABC News and in publications such as Investor's Business Daily , the Washington Post and Harvard Management Update , Scott Eblin is a former Fortune 500 executive, with a coaching client list that runs the gamut from AOL to the World Bank. As president of The Eblin Group, Scott works with clients nationally and internationally to help them determine what to pick up and let go of to succeed at the next level of leadership. He is the author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success (Davies-Black, 2006) which Business Book Review calls a "fascinating read" that "is full of potentially career-saving advice."

Scott has over 20 years of experience as an advisor and coach to the senior leadership of diverse organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Prior to forming his own firm, he served as the human resources vice president for the largest division of a Fortune 500 energy company. In that role, he implemented change management strategies that helped transform the division from a bankrupt, command and control utility company to one that was customer focused, employee oriented and an industry leader in profitability. For their work, Scott's HR department was recognized as among the most innovative in a national competition.

While Scott's experience extends across a broad range of organizations and situations, the common denominator in his career is a unique ability to help organizations achieve strategic goals by building the capacity of their leaders. Some of his career highlights include serving as the youngest vice president in the history of a rapidly growing financial services company that was named by U.S. Banker as one of the nation's ten best large banks. His public sector career experience includes service with the Governor of West Virginia as the lead executive in charge of an initiative to develop grassroots leadership for economic growth. Early in his career, Scott led a program sponsored by the Council of the Americas to build the leadership of chambers of commerce of developing countries in the Caribbean Basin . He also worked in the public finance division of a leading Wall Street investment bank.

Scott lives with his wife and two sons in the Washington , D.C. suburbs of Northern Virginia . He can be reached through www.eblingroup.com.

Education:
Scott is an honors graduate of Davidson College with a degree in international relations. He also holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University . He is a graduate of Georgetown University 's leadership coaching certificate program and also serves on the program faculty.  He is a Professional Certified Coach and is a member of the International Coach Federation.

Clients:
America Online, Barclays Global Investors, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capital One, CGI-AMS, Deltek, Freddie Mac, Genworth Financial, Johnson & Johnson, ManTech Corporation, Marsh USA, MITRE Corporation, National Industries for the Blind, National Institutes of Health, Norsk Hydro Aluminum, NA, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, Raytheon, SAIC, Sallie Mae, Sanofi-Aventis, Southern Company, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Treasury, The World Bank.