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About Us

Management Team

Scott Harrison Scott Harrison, Partner

Scott Harrison is the founder and managing director of Pacific Strategies & Assessments (PSA).

Before founding PSA in 1999, Mr. Harrison pursued a 30-year career in Asian and African foreign policy and national security affairs with the CIA. He held a number of executive positions in operations, including overseas chief of station and deputy chief of station, and has served in US embassies in Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and China.

His awards for outstanding service include the CIA Career Intelligence Medal (1999); four CIA Exceptional Performance Awards (1990-1994); a Meritorious Unit Citation for the resolution of Prisoner-of-War/Missing in Action (POW-MIA) issues before the US Congress (1994); a Presidential Superior Honor Award for support rendered to the exodus of Falasha Jews from Ethiopia (1992); and a United States Marine Corps (USMC) Ceremonial Sword (1984).

In recognition of his contribution to US-China relations, the People's Republic of China awarded him a Medallion of Appreciation (1997).

Harrison holds a Bachelors degree in International Relations (1967) and a Masters Degree in Diplomatic & 20th Century History (1969) from Florida State University. He has also completed Harvard University's Foreign Policy Seminar for Senior Government Officials (1994).