TriCounty Area Chamber Of Commerce: Montgomery County Community College Appoints Scott Moon As The Executive Director Of The Baker Cente ...

Press release from TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce:

August 05, 2021

Aug. 5, 2021, Blue Bell/Pottstown, PA —  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:
 

• Offering educational activities on the benefits and considerations of employee ownership
• Supporting an online library of resources on the issues of employee ownership, including white papers, videos and case studies
• Raising awareness of the benefits of employee ownership to company founders, employees and the community at large through events and programs

 
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. For more information about the Baker Center, visit mc3.edu/Baker.

Photograph: Headshot of Scott Moon
 
About Montgomery County Community College 
For more than 56 years, Montgomery County Community College has grown with the community to meet the evolving educational needs of Montgomery County. The College’s comprehensive curriculum includes more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs, as well as customized workforce training and certifications. Students enjoy the flexibility of learning at the College’s thriving campuses in Blue Bell and Pottstown, at the Culinary Arts Institute in Lansdale and online.
 
As an Achieving the Dream Leader College of Distinction, the institution is positioned at the vanguard of national efforts to remove barriers to access, improve learning outcomes, and increase completion for all students. The College also is recognized regionally and nationally for its sustainability leadership, work with military veterans, community service and service learning opportunities, and use of classroom technology. For the sixth consecutive year, MCCC has been named one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges in the nation by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development for its commitment to diversity through inclusive learning and work environments, student and staff recruitment and retention practices, and meaningful community service and engagement opportunities. For more information, visit https://www.mc3.edu.

This press release was produced by TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.