Vicki Scott is the owner of Scott Resources and offers field food safety consulting on a variety of topics. She served as the Technical Advisor to the Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Food Safety Committee from 2019-2022.  In her first career, Vicki spent 18 years with the City of Yuma’s Water & Wastewater Treatment Division in various environmental laboratory positions including Chemist II and Laboratory Director before accepting a position at Amigo Farms as the Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance.  She held that position for 19+ years. She serves on the executive board and is a founding member of the Yuma Safe Produce Council.  The mission of the Council is to enhance food safety education for its members and the Yuma community to protect public health by fostering the production of safe, quality produce.  Vicki actively participates in several industry-related efforts such as CONTACT, Western Growers Coalition of Food Safety & Sustainability, the IFPA Food Safety Council, the Center for Produce Safety Technical Committee and the Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association.

Vicki is the Chair of the Industry Advisory Group for the Southwest Agricultural Region Environmental Microbiology Study (2019-2024) conducted in collaboration with FDA-CFSAN, University of Arizona, Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation & Drainage District and local industry.  She will continue to lead efforts through the Desert Food Safety Coalition to collaborate and engage agricultural community stakeholders to inform best practices to improve food safety in the region based on information gained from the study.