Scott Dalessandro

Scott Dalessandro serves as Washington STEM’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, responsible for overseeing, organizing, and maximizing collaborations with regional STEM networks, state agencies, and other key partners. He joined the Programs team after spending over eight years in program and portfolio officer roles at a large, Seattle-based private family foundation. His expertise lies in supporting ambitious, multi-stakeholder efforts, but he ultimately considers himself a generalist committed to equitable, inclusive outcomes.

During the early part of his career, Scott spent time living and working in Europe, Africa, and Washington DC, in a variety of social impact areas including international labor, microfinance, public access to information, HIV prevention, family planning, and higher education. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh, Scott taught English to middle- and high-school girls, worked with English teachers-in-training, and he achieved a third grade reading level in Bengali.

Scott’s postsecondary journey started as a first-gen student at Hope College (BA, French and Spanish). He later earned graduate degrees from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance (MPA) and the Information School (MLIS). These days, he finds joy pedaling bikes, learning about plants, and preparing and sharing dishes from around the world.