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 getting 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; was the conference director at the libertarian Cato Institute; has a stint as the education manager at the Association of Air Medical Service; 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 organizations such as the Koch Foundation.

Transitioning yet again, Scott spent some time operating his family’s organic, made-in-America baby clothes manufacturing business, then conceived and operated an award-winning men’s clothing store in D.C’.s Dupont Circle.

Ending a quarter century in D.C., 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. They certainly enjoy all the wonder of the desert southwest and the over-the-top spectacle that is Sin City (well, Dale & Scott, more than the dogs). 

On top of it all, Scott has published nine fiction novels and has been a pop culture podcaster before podcasting was cool (and oversaturated). The Swish Edition is now in the middle of 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 pop art, push his luck on the slot machines, and binge watch TV shows he’s seen a dozen times (think “Dynasty,” “Dallas,” and “The Sopranos,” to name a few).

He’s working on his next chapter as we speak. Standby for more information.