Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the 14th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the United States Senate on 17 February 2017.

Most recently, Pruitt served as the Attorney General for the state of Oklahoma, where he worked with his Democratic counterpart in Arkansas to reach agreement to study the water quality of the Illinois River, the Statement of Joint Principles.  Also Pruitt led an historic water rights settlement between Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribal Nations that preserved the ecosystems of scenic lakes and rivers on native lands.

Before being elected attorney general, he served eight years in the Oklahoma State Senate where he was a leading voice for fiscal responsibility.

The administrator Pruitt has a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown College and graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Pruitt went into private legal practice, specializing in constitutional law.

In addition to his life as a civil servant, Pruitt is also a co-owner and general manager partner of Oklahoma City’s Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate, the Oklahoma City Redhawks, where he took over the team’s marketing operations.