Scozzafava was born on November 4, 1958, in Danbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Immaculate High School.
He attended the University of Pacific in Stockton, California, where he majored in business and played college basketball.
[1] He went on to receive an MBA from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, and completed the KMI graduate program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
[5] In 2007 he joined Furniture Brands International as vice chairman of the board and became chief executive officer of the company on January 1, 2008.
His past positions have included chairman of the board for Keep America Beautiful Inc., and as a director of the Boston-based Center on Media and Child Health, and the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance.