Scott M. Curran

CEO

Scott Curran is a corporate attorney, social impact lawyer, and adviser to the boards and C-suites of global brands in philanthropy, the private sector, law, and cross-sector social impact initiatives. He teaches a law school course called “Lawyers as Social Innovators” that Crain’s Chicago Business called “one of the coolest courses for law students.” He holds the nation’s first Master’s Degree in Public Service from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. He is an enthusiastic champion of the role of the law and lawyers in civil society, public service, and business.

Scott is the CEO of Beyond Advisers, a social impact consulting firm that specializes in simplifying the hardest parts of doing good well and scaling the social impact work of world-leading innovators. Beyond serves cross-sector clients spanning philanthropy, the private sector, and social enterprise. Current and former clients include the Clinton Global Initiative, the UN Foundation Clean Cooking Alliance, The Starbucks Foundation, the Tent Partnership for Refugees, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, MIT Media Lab, Emerson Collective, Sean Penn’s CORE, and the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation, among others.

Prior to founding Beyond Advisers, Scott served as General Counsel of the Clinton Foundation where he supported 4,000 colleagues in over 40 countries and 35 US states working on more than a dozen initiatives spanning global health, climate change, early childhood education, international development, disaster relief and preparedness, and social enterprise.

Scott serves on the Social Innovation Leadership Council, the Board of Directors for Two Bit Circus Foundation; the Advisory Board of the Walt Disney Birthplace; on the Chicago Leadership Council of the U.S. Soccer Foundation, and the Alumni Board of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is currently writing Do (More) Good (Better) for Simon Acumen.

Scott weighs in frequently on DEI initiatives on CNN, Hollywood Reporter and more with expertise on conservative legal attacks on dei initiatives, how to protect yourself under the Trump Administration, and more. Links for reference:

https://scottcurran.squarespace.com/videos/beyond-advisers-cnn-newsroom-jim-acosta

https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2024/11/06/law-firm-diversity-pros-fear-for-future-of-dei-efforts-under-trump-presidency/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/courtroom-battle-dei-doa-1235940820/