Scoular names president as part of succession planning

OMAHA, NEB. — Phil Van Court, grain division vice president and general manager, was promoted to president of Scoular, effective June 1.

As part of succession planning, Van Court will assume some of the responsibilities of David Faith, current president and chairman of the board. Moving forward and for the foreseeable future, as chairman, Faith will continue to focus on Scoular’s corporate governance.   

Van Court will transition from his current role to the president role this summer, reporting directly to Paul Maass, chief executive officer. He will support Maass in driving Scoular’s long-term enterprise direction, including capital allocation and support of growth strategies, board and governance leadership, and relationship-building with industry leaders, key customers, partners, and government officials.

Van Court is the grandson of Scoular’s modern-day founder, the late Marshall Faith, and is David Faith’s nephew.  

Since he began his career at Scoular in 2003, Van Court has held many positions in a variety of locations. As a trainee, he learned the shuttle train business first-hand helping to load trains in Downs, Kan. He also has worked as a merchandiser, facility manager, regional manager, vice president of operations, and has served as a Scoular board director since 2013.

Since 2021, Van Court has led the grain division’s facility operations, a network of more than 65 facilities primarily across Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois.

“Phil is a thoughtful, values-driven leader whose career journey speaks volumes about his commitment to Scoular’s employees, producers, partners and communities,” Maass said. “He considers it a great privilege to lead at Scoular, and David and I are excited to see him step into this new role.”