Scott Elliff is a retired business consulting executive who is now involved in a range of non-profit community service activities in the Charlottesville, Virginia area.  

He was founder and president of Capital Consulting & Management, Inc. (CCMI), which for over a decade helped Fortune 500 companies, mid-size firms, start-up ventures, and other organizations improve their operational performance.  By applying independent analysis, fresh strategic perspectives, “best practices” from leading firms, and improved management process and discipline, CCMI typically provided double digit improvements in efficiency and effectiveness for its clients through the programs that he identified, structured and helped implement.  Prior to founding CCMI he was a principal and partner in several other firms.  His client list included assignments for nearly 100 different companies in dozens of different industries over his consultng career.

He spoke frequently at conferences and professional meetings, published a range of white papers commissioned by Federal Express, was a featured author for the Journal of Commerce and other magazines, produced a series of training programs for corporate audiences, and was quoted periodically in the trade press. 

He began his career in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President, where he worked on federal budget, management and regulatory issues during two administrations.

 Scott graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in mathematics and social science, and received his Masters from the University of Michigan, where he was first in his class in economics and public policy.

 He currently serves on the Boards of the Forest Lakes Community Association, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Charlottesville Area Tennis Association, and several private companies in which he has equity interests.  

 He is the owner and operator of DuCard Vineyards in Madison County, Virginia, which includes a line of boutique wines with limited distribution.  The vineyard is also used to provide education and training in winegrowing, through a season-long course he teaches for the Piedmont Virginia Community College viticulture program and for group tours and tastings by advance arrangement only.  His periodic “Notes from the Vineyard” appears in Piedmont Virginian magazine.  For more information on this fun and crazy adventure, please visit www.ducardvineyards.com

Scott lives in Charlottesville, Virginia and can be reached at scott_elliff@ ccmiservices.com (take out the extra space after the @ sign) or 434.409.4378