Scott Sorrels has served the Scouting movement on the world, national and local level for more than fifty years.   He is the 12th volunteer to serve as the National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America.      

On the world level, Scott was Co-Chair and Camp Chief for the 24th World Scout Jamboree, a gathering of approximately 50,000 Scouts and Scouters from more than 200 nations and territories that are members of the World Organization of Scouting Movement (WOSM).  The largest jamboree in Scout history, the World Scout Jamboree convened in 2019 at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia USA.  WOSM serves more than fifty-seven million youth worldwide, both male and female.    

On a national level, as a member of the National Key 3, Scott is a member of the National Executive Committee of the National Board.  His Commissioner experience includes serving as the first National Commissioner Service Chair, providing leadership to the Commissioner Corps.   Other national leadership roles include National Vice-Chair of the Venturing Committee, the BSA’s teenage coed program, Venturing Chair for the Southern Region of the United States, and Area President for Georgia and Alabama.  

Scott’s Scouting experience is rooted in local service to youth.  Scott has volunteered as a unit leader, district committee chair, and as council president and chair of the trustees, among other roles.  As a youth, Scott was a national youth officer in the Exploring program, the BSA’s coed teenage career exploration program.  

He has been conferred the Bronze Wolf Award, the only award presented by the World Scout Committee for service to Scouting on a worldwide level.  He is the 38th American recipient since the award was created in 1935.  A Distinguished Eagle Scout and Vigil member of the Order of the Arrow, he has earned the Silver Buffalo, Silver Antelope and Silver Beaver awards, the Venturing leadership award, and the Spurgeon Award, among other recognitions.  

In his professional life, Scott practices law with Eversheds Sutherland, a global top 10 law practice.