Montgomery County Community College: MCCC Appoints Scott Moon As The Executive Director Of The Baker Center Of Excellence

Press release from the Montgomery County Community College:

Diane VanDyke

August 5, 2021

Montgomery County Community College is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott
Moon, of Wayne, as the new Executive Director of the Baker Center of Excellence for Employee Ownership and Business Transformation.

In this position, he is responsible for leading the Baker Center of Excellence and
its endeavors to increase awareness and adoption of the employee-ownership model for
privately held companies in Montgomery County and across the Delaware Valley.

“We’re pleased to have Scott join our Montco family. With his business acumen and
experience, he will be a dynamic leader in the development of the Baker Center and
its resources to assist companies in the region,” said Kyle Longacre, MCCC Dean of
Workforce and Economic Development.

Moon joins MCCC with a successful track record of launching new business initiatives
across a variety of industries. He excels in business leadership, bringing a collaborative
approach that combines the right level of process and discipline from large organizations
with the nimbleness necessary to launch and grow a new initiative.

“I look forward to collaborating with area business leaders in the formation of the
plans and resources for the Baker Center of Excellence,” Moon said. “The Baker Center
will help to transform companies, increasing their competitive advantage through the
employee-ownership model, as well as other business models.”

Throughout his career, he has held leadership positions across many organizations,
including Citibank, Dell, and Ernst & Young. Most recently, Moon served as a vice
president for Goldman Sachs. Prior to Goldman, Scott launched the sales and business
development function for Chatham Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based, 100%
employee-owned company.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis
- John M. Olin School of Business. He graduated from Penn State University with a
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

About the Baker Center of Excellence

The Baker Center of Excellence will be a catalyst for economic growth and serve as
a mechanism of upward social mobility, equity and inclusion. It will focus on three
priorities to support employee-owned companies:

In the academic year 2020-21, MCCC received its largest gift in its 56-year history
of $3 million from Kenneth D. Baker for the creation of the Baker Center of Excellence.
Baker, the CEO of NewAge Industries in Southampton, Pa., is a proponent of employee
stock ownership plans (ESOPs) after converting NewAge in 2006 and seeing the positive
benefits for both employees and the company.

This press release was produced by the Montgomery County Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.