Scott Morton serves with The Navigators as Vice President of Development for U.S. ministries. He graduated from Iowa State University in technical journalism and worked in newspaper advertising before joining the Navigator staff in 1970. Previous assignments include Columbia, Missouri; Iowa City, Iowa; Madison, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and short-term ministries in Asia and Europe. He has served in Development since 1985. Scott has helped hundreds of missionaries and ministry leaders turn their fundraising around through The Navigators' popular 4:10 Fundraising Schools.

Scott and his wife, Alma, met the Lord in The Navigators ministry at Iowa State. They have been married since 1964 and have two married daughters, one married son and three grandchildren.

The Mortons enjoy baseball (Scott was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins), bird-watching, antiquing and helping people grow in their spiritual journeys through small group Bible studies and one-on-one mentoring. Scott also enjoys writing, having published Funding Your Ministry (Whether You're Gifted or Not), a book to help missionaries raise financial support, and Down to Earth Discipling a realistic approach to sharing one's faith with others.