Scott McHugh

Professor of Practice at Rice University

Scott McHugh is a Professor of Practice at Rice University, where he teaches in the Master of Global Affairs program and is affiliated with the James Baker Institute for Public Policy. He has more than three decades of experience spanning federal law enforcement, diplomatic security, corporate security, crisis management and critical infrastructure protection.

McHugh is a retired Special Agent-in-Charge with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and previously served as a Federal Security Director with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In the private sector, he served as Vice President of Global Asset Protection for Walmart Stores Inc. and as Global Director of Crisis Management and Chief Security Officer for LyondellBasell Chemical International.