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Jennifer A. Scott

Director 2025-27
Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains
New South Wales, Australia

Jennifer A. Scott is a lawyer, mediator, and conflict resolution specialist with experience in environmental law. She holds a law degree and a Master of Laws in environmental law from Macquarie University, as well as a Master of Dispute Resolution from Western Sydney University, where she was recently named a Community Fellow.

A Rotarian since 1996, Scott has held numerous leadership roles following her term as governor of District 9685 in 2007-08. She has served as a training leader, seminar trainer, and moderator at the 2022 International Assembly, a challenging event held both in person and virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also been a member of Rotary’s Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Election Review Committee, and 2019 Hamburg Convention Committee. Scott chaired the 2024 Singapore Convention Committee and currently serves as regional vice chair of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign Committee. She is also a member of The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers.

Scott became more deeply connected to Rotary’s humanitarian efforts during a National Immunization Day in Chandigarh, India, where she witnessed firsthand the impact of polio eradication efforts. “There were thousands of us out there, immunizing millions of children under the age of five within those couple of weeks, and I was part of it.”

She and her husband, Ian, have also been active in Sustainable Cambodia, both in Cambodia and through Sustainable Cambodia Australia. This Rotary-led initiative empowers communities in rural Cambodia through an integrated approach of education, access to clean water, and sustainable agriculture. The project has so far helped 56 communities to become self-sustaining with a pathway to future growth and assisted with the education of 2,400 students in the six project schools, with 460 of the students heading to university. “We support the teachers, support the students and their families, and work with the villagers, and the project just keeps expanding,” Scott says.

Scott has also played a key role in advancing legal frameworks in Mongolia, leading a vocational training team to train judges and social workers in family mediation. Her collaboration with Mongolian members of Rotary contributed to the development of a national Family Law Act, now progressing through Mongolia’s parliament.

In both her professional life and Rotary service, Scott advocates for fostering open dialogue and addressing conflicts before they escalate. “Imagine a world without conflict — there’d be no change,” Scott says. “You need to be able to disagree in a healthy way, listen to other ideas, and have difficult conversations when they matter.”

In 2023, Scott was recognized as a Member of the Order of Australia, an honor her husband, a retired air commodore of the Royal Australian Air Force, also received in 1996.

Beyond her professional and Rotary commitments, Scott is an avid hiker, trail runner, and gardener. She has completed pilgrimage routes in Europe to the tomb of St. James in Spain.

She and her husband, Ian, also a Rotarian and past district governor (2014-15), are Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation and members of the Bequest Society. She has been recognized with The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service.