Clay Pope

Clay Pope is a farmer/rancher from Loyal Oklahoma.  He has been a congressional aid, a state representative, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and an outreach contractor with USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub. He also has served as Chair of the special committee on Climate and Sustainability for the National Association of Wheat Growers as well as serving as a member of the EPA Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities advisory committee. Clay currently represents Oklahoma on the National Farmers Union Climate Advisory Committee.

Clay has received numerous honors including the NRCS Oklahoma Conservationist of the Year award, the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts President’s Award, the Oklahoma Farmers Union Legislative Leadership award, the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legislative Meritorious Service Award, the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Representative of the Year award, and was named Agriculture Man of the Year for Oklahoma by Progressive Farmer magazine in 1999. In 2013 he was recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a regional Emmy Award for his outreach and educational work in conjunction with the Ken Burns documentary The Dust Bowl.

Clay holds a B.S. in Agriculture Communications from Oklahoma State University and was named a 'Graduate of Distinction' from the College of Agriculture at OSU in 2005.  He recently joined the Oklahoma Chapter of the Nature Conservancy as their new Partnership and External Affairs Manager.

Clay, his wife Sarah and their five children live on their family ranch near Loyal, Oklahoma.