Maryscott “Scotty” Greenwood is Senior Managing Director for Government Relations and International Trade-in McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, a top 100 law firm in the United States1. Together with former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Gordon Giffin, Scotty leads the firm’s Canada/.US practice group. McKenna’s Government Relations practice is ranked in the top ten lobbying firms in The National Journal’s Legal Times Influence 50 list.

Scotty also serves as President of Strategic Management LLC, the firm’s consulting subsidiary. Scotty’s executive experience in business and government provides her with an integrated view of the various complex challenges faced by corporate boards and CEOs today. An expert in the ways in which public policy can impact business bottom line, Scotty provides strategic advice to a diverse group of clients from a number of sectors including: energy/environment, international trade and supply chains and biotechnology, with a particular emphasis on North American companies operating across the Canada/US border.

Scotty also runs the Canadian-American Business Council, the pre-eminent business association dedicated to the Canada/US relationship and she was recognized by Ottawa based Hill Times as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Government and Politics in 2010.” Scotty’s civic involvement includes serving on the Boards of Directors of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, the World Affairs Council DC; and the Advisory Boards of the United States Studies Program of the University of Alberta, and the Association of Canadian Studies in the U.S. Scotty also serves as a Director on the McKenna Long Foundation.

Before joining the firm, Scotty received a Presidential Appointment to serve in the U.S. foreign service at the United States Embassy in Canada. From 1993-1997, she was Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the City of Atlanta, handling state and federal relations. Scotty served on the White House Interagency Task Force on Olympic Security and worked on various other projects related to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. Scotty’s civic involvement includes the Advisory Board of the Urban Study Institute and Chairmanship of the Tax & Finance Committee of the Georgia Municipal Association.

Prior to her position with the City of Atlanta, Scotty was Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia. An honors graduate of the University of Vermont, Scotty participated in the John F. Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives at Harvard University. Scotty lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband, three children and hound dog.