Biography:
Scott Stiles was appointed as the president’s chief of staff on August 1, 2024. In this role, Stiles provides strategic counsel to the president and President’s Council and leads complicated strategic initiatives, especially those focused on improving the customer experience for students.
Stiles has a Bachelor of Science in business management from BYU–Hawaii. As a student, he wrote a business plan to disrupt the exploitative migrant recruitment industry across Asia. After graduation, he and his family moved to Hong Kong, where he launched Fair Employment Agency. The agency has now placed 10,000+ people in safe jobs and set new ethical standards, some of which have been adopted regionally. Based on this success, Fair Employment Agency expanded their work to Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Stiles has received several awards, including Forbes 30 Under 30, and Hong Kong’s first Ashoka Fellowship. Following his time at Fair, Stiles was the head of fair hiring at SEEK, a leading employment marketplace across Asia Pacific. He and his wife, Kelsey Stiles, are proud parents of two children.