A work in progress

R. Scott Wallis grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia, then lived in and around Washington, D.C. for 24 years. He’s also lived in Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Delaware, and Nevada. (And, yes, he’s tired of changing his drivers license, but happy he had all those geographic experiences.)

It was in our nation’s capital where Scott added the most bullet points to his diverse resume. After earning a journalism and public relations degree from Radford University in southwest Virginia, Scott started his working life at the White House doing advance work and administration duties for Vice President Dan Quayle; he was the conference director at the libertarian Cato Institute; had a stint as the education manager at the Association of Air Medical Services; and, served as the creative director for the Mercatus Center and the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.

He then transitioned from ‘working for the man’ by starting his own high-end event planning consultancy, managing large-scale events across the U.S. for political and non-profit organizations.

Transitioning yet again, Scott was the COO of his family’s organic, American-made baby clothes manufacturing company, then conceived and operated an award-winning men’s clothing store in D.C’.s Dupont Circle.

Ending a quarter century in Washington, Scott moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2018, where he feels most at home in the desert southwest. He lives with his husband Dale and their two rescue dogs, not far from the famed Las Vegas Strip. They certainly enjoy all the wonder of the over-the-top spectacle that is Sin City (well, Dale & Scott, more so than the dogs). 

Scott has published nine novels and has been a pop culture podcaster before podcasting was cool. The Swish Edition is now in Season 16, has been downloaded in over 144 countries, and once made it to the top 2% of Apple Podcasts comedy list.

Scott loves to travel (especially to Palm Springs, Key West, and on the high seas), collect original pop art, push his luck on the slot machines, and binge watch TV shows he’s seen a dozen times (think “I love Lucy,” “Dallas,” and “The Sopranos,” to name just a few).

A self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur and devil’s advocate, he’s working on his next fun chapter as we speak. Standby for more information.