Orry Pratt is the UC SAREP associate director for sustainable production systems and the administrative director of the UC Organic Agriculture Institute. His work supports enhancing and expanding knowledge, outreach and technical assistance for all aspects of sustainability in agricultural production.

Orry brings more than a decade of experience in international agriculture and economic development to this role. His career has focused on the application of conservation agriculture practices across different geographical, cultural, political and environmental contexts. Orry was most recently a foreign service officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and served in Colombia. His efforts led to increased public and private sector investments in climate-smart agriculture value chains as a response to complex national issues around deforestation, illicit crops and violence. Orry served as an agriculture officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Subregional Office for Eastern Africa and was the region’s agriculture extension and crop production focal point. He began his career with the FAO as a communications officer at its headquarters in Rome. Orry proudly served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay.

Orry received his bachelor’s degree in animal sciences from Penn State University and his master’s degree in agricultural leadership, education and communications from Texas A&M University. He is fluent in Spanish and has spoken several other languages throughout his career.