Regional Administrator for EPA's South Central Region (Region 6)
Scott Mason
Scott Mason is the 14th regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s South-Central Region (Region 6), appointed by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. Regional Administrator Mason leads the federal environmental protection efforts for nearly 50 million Americans in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
This is Mason’s second appointment to the EPA, having served as the Director of the EPA’s American Indian Environmental Office during President Trump’s first administration. Additionally, he was a member of The White House Council on Native American Affairs, where he served as co-chair of the Council’s Committee on infrastructure.
A 5th generation Oklahoman, Mason was most recently Deputy Secretary of Energy of Oklahoma and has more than 20 years of experience serving at all levels of government, including having been a vice president at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, and serving on the staff of former Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin.
Mason holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from OU and continues to oversee his family’s farm that has been in operation since 1906.