Sanford chief of staff leaving to run stamp collectors group

Scott English is leaving as chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-Charleston, to become director of the nation’s main stamp collecting group.

His last day is Friday before taking over the Bellefonte, Pa.-based American Philatelic Society, which has 31,000 members.

English said he is not a stamp collector but will have a chance to use his history degree. The society cited his experience with leading large groups and fundraising.

He said he got to know the stamp-collecting group during Sanford’s first stint on Capitol Hill in the 1990s when the congressman sat on a committee overseeing the U.S. Postal Service.

English was chief of staff during Sanford’s second term as governor in South Carolina, which included revelations about Sanford having an affair with an Argentinian woman.

This story was originally published July 27, 2015 at 4:02 PM.