Meet Scott
Scott moved to Duval County in December 1989 with the Navy, deciding to make his home here. After being accepted to Army flight training, he spent the next several years serving his country at home and abroad. He returned to Jacksonville with his family and entered the financial services industry in 2000. After 9/11, he returned to the U.S. Army, eventually retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4). His career path took him overseas, where he worked with the U.S. Army aiding our allies as a project manager and senior advisor, before finally settling back in Jacksonville with his family.
Upon returning to Jacksonville, Scott started his own mortgage brokerage, where he has helped countless Floridians achieve the dream of homeownership. This is where he noticed areas for improvement in the Property Appraiser’s Office and clearly saw how he could improve operations. Scott is not a politician; he has an eye for systems improvement and a proven track record of making the complex simple and improving how things get done. He has sat across the table from a wide range of home buyers and real estate professionals, which has made him intimately familiar with the challenges they face when navigating complex property tax rules.
Scott’s career has been defined by a commitment to transparency and accuracy, and he believes operations should be fair and held to the highest standards of integrity and accuracy. The Property Appraiser’s Office plays a key role in ensuring all Duval County residents are paying what they should be, no more, no less. This is critical to protecting the accuracy and integrity of Duval County’s property tax roll. His depth of experience has made him uniquely qualified for the role of Property Appraiser and to ensure operations best serve all residents of Duval County.
Family, Faith & Community
There’s more to Scott than his résumé, and most of it happens at home. He’s a husband to Victoria, a father to Kailey and Nathan, and a grandfather to Avery and Astrid, and that’s the part of his life that grounds everything else he does.
Faith is the foundation Scott builds everything else on. He’s a member of Deerwood Baptist Church in Jacksonville, and it shapes his values and how he treats people.
It’s a fairly simple picture: a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a neighbor here in Duval County, same as plenty of the people he hopes to serve.
His Experience
Military Service
Scott joined the Navy in December 1989 when he moved to Duval County, and was later accepted into Army flight training. He served his country at home and abroad, returned to the Army after September 11th, and eventually retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4).
Overseas Government Advisor
Scott’s career took him overseas, where he worked with the U.S. Army as a project manager and senior advisor aiding American allies, before he settled back in Jacksonville with his family.
Mortgage Brokerage Owner
Upon returning to Jacksonville, Scott started his own mortgage brokerage, helping countless Floridians achieve the dream of homeownership. Working directly with home buyers and real estate professionals has made him intimately familiar with the challenges families face navigating complex property tax rules.
Business and Finance Education
Scott holds an MBA from Liberty University and a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is roughly three-quarters through a doctorate in business finance, targeted for completion in July 2027.
Why Scott?
He Works in These Systems Every Week
Scott uses Florida county property appraiser systems professionally. He can compare Duval County’s tools directly against other counties.
He Has Managed Complex Organizations
Soldier, pilot, program manager, business owner. Scott has been accountable for people, budgets, and results in every one of those roles, and he knows modernization only succeeds when the staff is brought along with it.
He Is Not Seeking a Title
Scott has a successful business and is practicing continuous improvement as he works on his doctorate. He is running because he identified a problem he knows how to solve. These improvements would help every resident of Duval County.
In Scott’s Words
Sitting down with a 28-year-old nurse who shared how she and her husband were forced to sell their first home after a reassessment caused their property tax bill to double was a defining moment for me. That was the final push that made me really look at how we do business and how we can improve operations.
Scott Pool