Scott Thomas

Scott Thomas

Arbor Rising

Co-Founder

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Scott co-leads Arbor Rising (formally Arbor Brothers), an engaged philanthropy organization which provides multi-year grants and high-dosage capacity-building support to a portfolio of the New York area’s most promising ‘second stage‚ education and workforce development nonprofits. Before founding Arbor Rising, he worked in energy sector investment groups at Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman. Scott began his career teaching middle school mathematics through the Teach for America program in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. He holds an MBA from NYU, an engineering degree from the University of Michigan and proudly serves on the local and national Boards of Summer Search, a national youth development organization.

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