Scott Blackburn

Scott Blackburn is a US Army Veteran and currently Executive Director of MyVA leading the VA Department transformation on behalf of Secretary David Shulkin. 

After completing ROTC at MIT, Scott served as an Armor and Signal Corps officer from 1999-2003. Scott was stationed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska and deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Scott’s service was cut short by a non-combat related back injury suffered in Kuwait and he was medically discharged.  The VA’s Vocational Rehab program helped Scott attend Harvard Business School (HBS) upon separation. 

After graduating from HBS in 2005, Scott became an associate at McKinsey & Company, the renowned worldwide management consulting firm. Scott developed an expertise in turning around and transforming the culture of large, often bureaucratic, Fortune 500 companies. Scott became a partner at McKinsey in 2011.

In November 2014, Scott joined the team to lead the MyVA transformation. 

Scott grew up in Scituate, Massachusetts in a family with a rich history of military service.  Scott is one of five children, all of which are Veterans.