Scott Laeser has been a DGA board member since 2025. He has worked on water, climate change and natural resources science, policy and advocacy for 20 years. He and his wife run a certified-organic vegetable farm in Southwest Wisconsin, employing an array of regenerative agriculture practices on their farm.

Scott has served as Senior Working Lands Advisor for Rural Climate Partnership since 2023.

A Wisconsin native, Scott has long been interested in food, the environment and conservation policy. He started conservation work more than a decade ago through his undergraduate research thesis, studying restoration efforts on the stream running through the farm. Scott also works to protect clean water through his nonprofit work.