Member Profile

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Scott A. Hancock is the Executive Director of the Maryland Municipal League (MML) in Annapolis, Maryland. He was appointed to the position in December of 1995. As Executive Director, Mr. Hancock serves as the chief executive officer and oversees the day-to-day operation of Maryland’s only association of cities and towns. Prior to the MML appointment, Mr. Hancock served three communities as a City/Town Manager; Centreville, Maryland, York, Maine and Narragansett, Rhode Island. Mr. Hancock began his career in municipal government service as a sworn police officer in his hometown of Pocomoke City, Maryland but briefly left his municipal government career path to work as an on-air announcer for a commercial radio station in Ocean City, Maryland, a long practiced hobby dating back to high school and college. Mr. Hancock has twice served on the National League of Cities Board of Directors, chaired the State Municipal League Steering Committee, was elected ICMA Northeast Region Vice President for the 2007-2010 term, is a member of the American Society of Association Executives, the Airplane Pilots and Owners Association, is a past president of the Centreville Rotary Club, a charter Trustee of the Local Government Insurance Trust in Maryland and a member of the professional management honor society of Central Michigan University. He is a member of the Class of 2003 of Maryland’s statewide leadership program, Leadership Maryland. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Aside from his professional life, he loves boating, SCUBA diving and singing. Scott holds a Master of Management Degree from Central Michigan University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Western Maryland College.