“The Volunteer Lawyer Program of Southwestern Indiana is pleased that local attorney and former Evansville Bar Association President Scott Wylie will become the organization’s new full-time staff director, referred to as a Plan Administrator by the court system, in mid-January,†announced VLP Board Co-Chair Judge Greg Smith of the Daviess County Circuit Court. He will assume the role after nearly a decade as a board member and then Director of the Vanderburgh Community Foundation.
VLP provides indigent legal services and coordinates attorney pro bono efforts in the eleven counties around the Evansville metropolitan area. Wylie has been involved with VLP since 2007. This will be the first time the organization has had a full-time director. “We are delighted that Scott will be heading our efforts going forward. He is a national leader in the delivery of civil legal aid services and will bring decades of experience to this role,†said VLP Board Co-Chair Vanderburgh County Magistrate Sheila Corcoran.
In addition to numerous local nonprofit boards, Wylie serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Bar Foundation, Indiana Legal Services, the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, and he was recently appointed by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush to serve on the inaugural Coalition for Court Access. Before returning to the Evansville Area in 2005, Wylie served as President of the California Bar Foundation and as a Vice President of the California Bar Association, the largest state bar in the nation.
Wylie will follow retiring Plan Administrator Beverly Corn, who recently received the Randall T. Shepard Award for Pro Bono Service for her years of service to the agency.
