Clay has been with SVN SRE for 15 years now. Prior to that, he worked 23 years with the Polk County School Board, 21 of those years being at Lakeland High School as a teacher and football coach. While there, he coached the defensive backs as that was the position he played at LHS and in college. The last 10 years he was the defensive coordinator, where he helped lead the Dreadnaughts team to six State Championships and the “mythical” National Championship twice. Clay obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida. Prior to that he attended and played football at Carson Newman College in Jefferson TN and the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Clay is a member of National RLI (Realtor’s Land Institute) and has served as treasurer of the Florida RLI Chapter since 2008. He is also a member of the FAR (Florida Association of Realtors ®), the NAR (National Association of Realtors ®), the LAR (Lakeland Association of Realtors ®) and the CID (Commercial & Industrial Division of LAR). Clay’s personal interests include exercising, hunting, fishing, watching sports, traveling, and spending time with his wife Gigi, his adult children Maddie, Clayton and Jesse, and his yellow lab Tucker. Clay specializes in Residential Land Development, Ranches & Recreational Land, and Agricultural Land.