Scott Green

C. Scott Green took office as the 19th president of the University of Idaho on July 1, 2019. President Green joined the U of I as a highly accomplished executive with a career in global finance, operations, and administration. He is also a proud alumnus of the university, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Born in Moscow, Idaho, Green’s family moved to Boise, Idaho, where he graduated from Boise High School. Following his degree from the University of Idaho, the third-generation Vandal went to work for Boise Cascade Corporation. He went on to attend Harvard Business School and received a Master of Business Administration in 1989.

Green worked for Deloitte & Touche in New York as part of its accelerated career program from 1989-1994. He then worked in banking, serving in various management roles for Goldman Sachs and ING Barings.

Green went on to leadership positions in a number of different law firms, including Weil Gotshal, WilmerHale, Pepper Hamilton and most recently as the global chief operating and financial officer for Hogan Lovells, a firm with operations in over 20 countries.

He published two books on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which reformed regulations around auditing and financial reporting. His most recent book, the University President's Crises Handbook was co-authored with Temple Kinyon and tells the story behind a university facing financial insolvency, a global pandemic, and a capital crime and the nontraditional president who led them to sustainable success.

The first non-lawyer to run an American Lawyer 100 law firm, Green was recognized as one of the Top 50 Big Law Innovators of the Last 50 Years by The American Lawyer magazine in 2013. A certified public accountant, Green was inducted into the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Business and Industry Hall of Fame in 2006. He won the Institute of Internal Auditors Outstanding Contributor Award in 2004 and 2006.