Over a period of 15 years, Scott Chaplan has created and shaped the Urban Group of Companies into an integrated multi-service firm with the capacity to structure financing, acquire, develop, rehabilitate and manage over $1 billion of multi-unit residential, mixed use, commercial and office properties. Many of these projects involve historic buildings which have been rehabilitated to provide affordable family housing in low-income communities.

Mr. Chaplan was a pioneer in developing environmentally sustainable projects in the inner-city, and he formed Urban Eco-Housing to service this need well ahead of competitors. Leveraging the knowledge built in urban development, Mr. Chaplan has created a comprehensive consulting business that assists organizations and individuals in low-income communities with developing successful and sustainable business skills and strategies. Thousands of community leaders attend Urban Seminars across the United States each year, many having become clients of Urban Consulting Group.

Mr. Chaplan serves on the Governing Board of or advises multiple faith-based non-profit entities including City of Refuge Ministries; Perfecting Faith Church; God’s Grace Covenant Church; Temple Kol Tikvah; Force of Hope International; Iglesia Fuenta de Vida; Iglesia de Cristo Mission Elim; Century Christian Center, and others. He is also a board member of The Foundation for Camp Max Strauss, which serves thousands of inner city youth annually; the Chase Foundation, serving the City’s extremely ill youth through Children’s Hospital; Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) which ensures sustainable forestry practices worldwide; The Environmanetal Media Assocation (EMA), the green standard for the entertainment industry and the Mid-City Housing Task Force, serving the City’s lowest income tenants.

He has utilized his expertise and experience in co-authoring The West Corporation’s Code Form Book, the National Business Institute’s Landlord Tenant Guide, and, with Bishop Noel Jones, A Vow of Prosperity. He teaches courses for the National Business Institute, the Beverly Hills Bar Association and Pepperdine University School of Law where he serves as an Advisory Board member and Adjunct Professor for the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law.

Mr. Chaplan began his professional career at the public accounting firm of Peat Marwick Mitchell prior to attending Pepperdine University School of Law, where was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Chaplan was a Partner in the law firm Argue Pearson Harbison & Myers prior to co-founding Greene, Fidler, Chaplan & Hicks, LLP, a n AV rated business boutique with an emphasis on real estate, nonprofit and corporate law.

EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS

• BS, Business; University of Southern California
• JD; Pepperdine University School of Law
• Ambassador, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors
• Member, Town Hall
• Member, World Affairs Council
• Member, Board of Directors, Forest Stewardship Council
• Licensed Real Estate Broker
• Member, American Bar Association (Litigation, Real Property and Entertainment Law Sections)
• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association
• National Association of Realtors
• Young President’s Organization – Santa Monica Bay Chapter