Board of Directors

Scot holds a degree in architecture and urban planning from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1979), with a minor in real estate from the School of Business Administration.

For 45 years, he has worked in real estate and real estate development.

Residents of Boca Raton, Florida, for the past 41 years, he and his husband, Lance Karp, have had a home in the Coachella Valley — whose interiors were designed by the world-renowned Steve Chase — since 2018.

Scot has served the South Florida Board of Realtors on the following committees:

• Professional Standards, 30+ years
• Ethics and Arbitration, 30+ years
• Strategic Planning, 20+ years
• Multiple Listing Service, 25+ years
• Professional Development, 15+ years

He has also served on the Philanthropy Engagement Committee at the Boca Raton Regional Hospital (now Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital) for nearly 10 years. The Karps were active members of the Philanthropy Guild there.

Scot has volunteered at the Center for Group Counseling, Boca Raton as a group facilitator.

Additionally, he is a certified trainer for the Janine Driver course “You Can’t Lie To Me” by the Body Language Institute of Washington D.C., as well as a certified facilitator for the John Maxwell Leadership Group.

Scot and Lance are members of the Founders Circle at both the McCallum Theatre and at the Palm Springs Plaza Theatre, and have been donors and Partners for Life at DAP Health since 2018.