Scott Avedisian (born January 16, 1965)[1] is an American politician and the former Republican mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, the third largest city in the state after Providence and Cranston.

[2] Avedisian represented Ward 1 in the Warwick City Council from 1990 to 2000, being reelected four times.

[3] In April 2018, Avedisian announced that he was stepping down from office to become the head of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, better known as RIPTA.

[2] In 2024, Avedisian pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident with damage.

Witnesses said Avedisian got out of his car after the accident and he seemed “a little intoxicated.” [5] In 2022, Avedisian allegedly lost control of his vehicle and swerved off the road in a one-car accident, hitting a telephone pole in Warwick.