Scott Warren

Scott Warren is a Youth Civic/Political Engagement and Leadership Specialist at USAID. He is also an Assistant Research Scholar at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund (GMF). He is currently organizing a global network of youth activists and scholars focused on promoting democracy, called Democracy Moves, investigating how cities can promote civic participation and democratic engagement. 

Warren is the founder of the national civics education organization Generation Citizen, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. He served as the organization’s CEO for more than 11 years, helping grow Generation Citizen to become one of the preeminent civics education organizations in the country. Warren has also served as a Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Brown University and Tufts University, and published a book in 2019, Generation Citizen: The Power of Youth in Politics. Warren was named an Echoing Green Fellow in 2010, and a Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow in 2012.