R. Scott Anderson named MU Foundation's chief financial officer

HUNTINGTON -- R. Scott Anderson has joined the Marshall University Foundation Inc. as chief financial officer, according to Dr. Ron Area, the foundation's chief executive officer and senior vice president for development.

Anderson, who earned his bachelor of business administration degree from Marshall in 1992, was a member of the Society of Yeager Scholars' second class at Marshall, and recently was accepted into MU's Executive MBA program. He began his duties with the foundation on Monday, June 2.

Anderson was CFO with CompreCare, a home care pharmacy and respiratory company in Huntington, from 2000 to 2008, and was a CPA with Hess, Stewart & Campbell in Huntington from 1994 to 2000. From 1992 to 1994, he was a staff accountant with Price Waterhouse in South Bend, Ind.

"We are absolutely delighted to have Scott join our management team of the foundation," Area said, in a news release. "His skills, expertise and experience will add significant value to our organization and help us in the growth and development of all aspects of the foundation."

Anderson said Marshall has been "a special place" to him since he arrived on campus as a student in 1988.

"I am just anxious to be a part of the team as the foundation grows," he said. "It is an exciting time for both the foundation and the university."

Anderson, 38, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He and his wife, Maribeth, have two children -- son Brooks, 8, and daughter Tess, 6. They live in Huntington.