Scott Perkins

Areas of Expertise 

Non-Profit Management

Performance Measurement 

Strategic Planning and Development 

Social Service Staff Recruitment And Retention 

Resource Development 

Grant Writing and Stewardship    

Grants Management

Welfare-to-Work Initiatives

Public Housing

Medicare/Medicaid Regulation

Hospice and Homecare

Children's Services

Board Development And Relations 

Change Management 

Conflict Resolutions

Scott Perkins is an Associate Director at the Performance Institute, responsible for directing both the Center for Civic Leadership and the HealthCare Performance Institute. 

Scott has extensive experience in non-profit, health care and social policy issues. In addition to leading the identifying, evaluating, and disseminating the major challenges and best practices in foundations and non-profit management, Scott also focuses on critical issues in hospital performance measurements, hospice care, Medicaid, and other health care related fields.

Over the past ten years, Scott has worked with both traditional and non-traditional service agencies in the fields of homelessness, housing, mental health, employment creation, affordable daycare, healthcare, hospice care, and AIDS, and higher education.  

His work with innovative organizations, such as The Greyston Foundation and other members of the Social Venture Network, has inspired his deep interest in exploring and developing relationships between private, public and non-profit sectors.

With extensive experience in the non-profit arena, Scott has been called upon by social service, healthcare, educational, and faith-based organizations to share his knowledge about board development and relations, program evaluation, fund-raising and financial oversight.

Scott holds a Masters Degree in Buddhist Studies and Tibetan Language from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.  A member of the National Society of Fundraising Executives, Scott remains active in resource, program, and organizational development through his volunteer and pro-bono consulting work.  Currently he serves as the volunteer Director for the Shambhala Meditation Center of Washington, DC, a non-profit meditation and study center providing instruction and training in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition.  He also serves on the Capital Campaign Committee for Miriam’s Kitchens in Washington, DC.