Scott Simpson serves as Muslim Advocates’ public advocacy director. Scott leads a department that leverages communications and campaigns to impact policies, news coverage, and public opinion about American Muslims. Scott has previously served on faculty of the Howard University School of Communications and as the director of media and campaigns for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. He is the editor of two books, “Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition” written by Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and “From the Closet to the Courts: Expanded 30th Anniversary Edition” written by his great aunt, gay liberation leader Ruth Simpson.