Cheryl M. Scott

As the major principal for McClintock Scott, Cheryl provides executive and board-level counsel on matters of strategy, leadership, and governance. From 2008 to 2016, she served as senior advisor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In that role, she provided strategic advice and leadership support to the Foundation’s global programs. She joined the foundation in 2006 and for two years was its Chief Operating Officer, overseeing all major operational functions. Previously, Cheryl served as the President and CEO of the Seattle-based Group Health. Her eight-year tenure as CEO capped a distinguished 25-year career with the organization, which also included roles as the organization’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Cheryl received her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a Master’s Degree in Health Management from the University of Washington. She currently serves on a variety of private and not-for-profit boards. In 2005, the University of Washington and Group Health created the Cheryl M. Scott/Group Health Cooperative Professorship in Health Care Leadership in the School of Public Health. Cheryl is a frequent speaker at health policy forums and is also a clinical professor at the University of Washington’s Department of Health Services.