Scott Douglas Pelath (born July 9, 1970)[2] was the Minority Leader of the Indiana House of Representatives.

[6] He is a graduate of the Indiana University ROTC program and the Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

From 1999 to 2019, Pelath worked as a human resources director at the Swanson Center in Michigan City.

The commission, which serves eight Northwest Indiana counties, seeks to reverse mounting water resource dilemmas related to the draining of the Grand Kankakee Marsh over a century ago.

He also coauthored an expansion of the South Shore commuter rail line prior to his legislative retirement.