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K. Scott Derrick  is the Director of Professional Development at the Senior Executives Association (SEA) in Washington, D.C.  At SEA, he leads the association's efforts in advancing the professionalism of career federal executives by designing, planning, and implementing professional development programs and events and by undertaking relevant research on executive development in the federal sector.

Previously, Mr. Derrick served as an Assistant Director with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, D.C.  At GAO, he specialized in human capital, strategic planning, and transformation issues, including hiring and staffing, workforce planning, training and development, compensation strategy and design, organizational development, project planning and management, performance measurement, and program evaluation.

His prior work experience also includes serving as a professional staff member (detail) with the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, senior program analyst in the Immigration and Naturalization Service, business manager for a national trade association, and collegiate intern with IBM Corporation.

Mr. Derrick has a Certificate of Senior Executive Leadership from Georgetown University, a Master of Science in Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Kennesaw State University (formerly Kennesaw College).  He currently serves as an adjunct instructor of management and organizational behavior at Strayer University.

Mr. Derrick is the founder of 13L and is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the American Society for Public Administration.