A Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business owner and an executive with extensive experience in leadership and management across a 30-plus year career, Scott Jensen is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Veteran Small Business Coalition and owner of Alpine Global Solutions. He has served as the Chief Operations Officer for Team RWB, Chief Executive Officer for Protect Our Defenders and as the Assistant Vice President for Leadership Development Programs at the American Council on Education.
His three decades of management & leadership experience provide him with holistic expertise, understanding, and keen insight into optimizing and growing organizations. With a passion for serving the Veteran and nonprofit communities, he leverages his experience and expertise to support Veteran focused businesses and organizations, helping them maximize their capabilities through practices that achieve top performance.
He frequently addresses audiences on an array of topics that include small business entrepreneurship, federal procurement policy, nonprofit management, and Veteran advocacy. An author and speaker, he has been featured as an expert in print, radio, and television media including Forbes, USA Today, The Washington Post, BBC, NPR, Task & Purpose, and Headline News.
A retired Marine Corps Colonel and naval aviator, Jensen completed his military service by serving as the Chief of the Marine Corps’ Behavioral Programs at Headquarters Marine Corps where he was responsible for developing and leading a portfolio of programs that included the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Suicide Prevention, Domestic Violence Prevention and Response, Community Counseling Services, and Substance Abuse and Drug Demand Reduction Programs.
As a helicopter pilot, Jensen served in various assignments in operational units, participating in peace keeping operations in Somalia, noncombatant evacuation operations in Rwanda, Operation Southern Watch in Kuwait, and multiple combat operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Not only is Jensen a proud Veteran himself, but he is also equally proud to be the son of a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran and the father of an active duty Navy officer.
Jensen, certified by Georgetown University as a nonprofit executive, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Science degree in Military Studies from Marine Corps University, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.