Scott Jenkins

Scott Jenkins is the founder and managing partner of Trillium Insights. He served as Lumina’s strategy director for state policy from 2015 to 2024.

Before joining Lumina, Jenkins served as education policy director to two governors: John Engler of Michigan and Indiana’s Mitch Daniels. He also served as director of external relations for Western Governors University, and as a deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education in the George W. Bush administration. He is a member of the Illinois State University Board of Trustees and a Pahara Fellow.

Jenkins holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree in higher education from Purdue University.