Scott Reiter is the Vice President of RPAC Disbursements and Political Programs for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® where he oversees all political and issue disbursements made by NAR and the REALTORS® Political Action Committee. RPAC is the nation’s largest trade association PAC ($15.5 million in political expenditures in the 2012 election cycle) which is complimented by the association’s multi-million public advocacy program. He also oversees the Political Field Staff and in addition serves as the Political Field Representative for Washington DC, Delaware and Maryland.
Before joining NAR at the start of 1999, Scott worked for three years for U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, working on his 1996 Special Election campaign, in his DC legislative office, and as the Deputy Finance Director on his 1998 re-election campaign.
Prior to working for Wyden, Scott worked on campaigns and on Capitol Hill from 1990-1995 for various Members of Congress and candidates from North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Kansas.
He serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Leadership Committee for the National Association of Business Political Action Committees (NABPAC). He is a former Board member of the Mid-Atlantic (Washington, DC) Chapter of the American Association of Political Consultants.
Scott grew up in upstate New York before graduating from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in History and earning an M.A. in Political Management from the George Washington University. He continues to stay active with GWU by serving on the Graduate School of Political Management’s (GSPM) Alumni Advisory Board, and has been honored as a Distinguished Alumni by the school.
He and his wife Leah live in Rockville, MD with their daughters Madeline (“Maddie”) and Eliza (“Ellie”).