Meet Partner, Scott Tritt!

By Paul Thiel

Formerly a television news producer – the guy who decides what gets on the news and what doesn’t – Scott Tritt knows the power of publicity. And that’s a power he intends to bring on behalf of SDSVP Investees.

“My background in public relations and media is something non-profits can make use of,” says Tritt, who worked in television news in Los Angeles, Monterrey and Bakersfield in addition to San Diego. “I’m certainly willing to help wherever I am needed, but I suspect that’s where I will start.”

Among the highlights of Tritt’s media career was reporting on the first Gulf War, which was started and largely took place at night. He was working the normally quiet overnight shift at his station. “What otherwise would have been a very boring job was one of my best experiences,” he says.

Tritt started working for non-profits with the Disability Awareness Network. “The group works to help people understand people with disabilities and discredits stereotypes like blind people can’t cook and people in wheelchairs can’t drive,” says Tritt.

Over time his interests grew and he saw that other non-profits had needs. Tritt wanted to become involved in more things, but needed a framework. “SDSVP appealed to me because it gives organization and structure to my volunteer time,” he says. “To a large degree the appeal of SDSVP lies in the fact that it reaches across many types of non-profits.”

Tritt was born and raised in Glendale and attended college at Claremont McKenna. It was a college friend – ironically someone who is not associated with SDSVP – that turned him on to the group. He joined last month, adding that the social networking with other Partners was an important part of the appeal.

Tritt enjoys eating out (among his favorites: Piatti in La Jolla Shores) and following Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers. Earlier in life he was a trumpeter. “My trumpet is still in Glendale,” says Tritt, “so if there is a desire to put together a band for SDSVP, I could probably be recruited!”

Welcome to the team, Scott!