Scott Pedowitz Joining AOBA’s Virginia Government Affairs Team

We are very pleased to announce the addition of Scott E. Pedowitz to AOBA’s Virginia Government Affairs team.

Scott joins the organization as Manager of Government Affairs, Virginia. In this role, he will represent the organization and its members before the governing bodies and local government agencies that compose Northern Virginia. He will additionally represent the commercial and multifamily real estate industry as one of AOBA’s three registered lobbyists working with the Virginia General Assembly and various regulatory entities in Richmond.

Scott brings a wealth of experience to the position, having most recently served as Government Affairs Director at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. As the Chamber’s first Government Affairs staffer, he successfully stood up a professional advocacy program, delivering positive results and vastly increasing the business community’s engagement and inclusion in local government decision-making.

Scott began his career in strategy, economic analysis, and research on Wall Street. Upon returning to the Washington metropolitan area, he served in several consulting roles and as Campaign Manager for sitting Arlington County Board member Libby Garvey. Scott first came to the Washington metropolitan areas as an undergraduate at Georgetown University, where he studied international economics; he also studied at the London School of Economics and has an MSc in economics from University College London.

Scott will work closely with AOBA’s Virginia Vice President of Government Affairs Bismah Ahmed and Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Brian Gordon. Please feel free to contact Scott directly on any local policy matters on which AOBA can be of assistance.