Hope H. Scott is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Blue Shield of California, a tax-paying nonprofit health plan with over $24 billion in annual revenue serving more than 4.8 million members in the state’s commercial, individual, and government markets.
With over three decades of legal practice experience in the field of healthcare law, Scott leads the company’s Law and Government Affairs departments and chairs the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
Prior to joining Blue Shield, Scott served as Global Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Privacy Counsel with Cigna, as Principle of her own law practice, and as Senior Counsel with Independence Blue Cross. Among other accolades, she was named one of the “Elite 100” Black Women Leaders by Diversity Woman (2023), and one of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine (2022).
Scott graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, earned her Juris Doctor at Boston University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is California Registered In-House Counsel.
