Clay was born and raised in Oklahoma. He spent five years in Washington, DC, working in the U.S. Senate with a focus on energy policy. He later worked for a large independent oil and gas company in New York before returning to Oklahoma to earn an MBA. Clay is now a research analyst in the oil & gas industry and lives in Houston with his wife, Abby, twin daughters, Rosemary and Eloise, and dog, Kevin.
Clay writes at Without Objection. You can follow him on twitter at @lightfootclay.