(April 23, 1952 – January 29, 2023) was an American counselor and academic, prominent advocate and innovator in multiculturalism and counseling for minorities.

Chief Walking Bear swore in Mark Raven Speaks Pope as a Southeastern District Cherokee Tribal Judge on April 7, 2002, in Eastwood, MO on the Amonsoquath Reservation.

[9] "In August 2006, Pope was cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana and rolling papers while he was serving as the Iberia chief of police.

"[10] Pope's early achievements, including founding his high school student council, foreshadowed significant milestones both in and out of the counseling profession.

He also established the first gay and lesbian peer counseling program in the country, part of the Beckman House LGBT community center in Chicago.

[11] During his doctoral studies, he founded the Graduate Student Council at the University of San Francisco and served as its first president.

[15] He was recognized for being the first openly gay president of a major mental health professional association, 30 years after the American Psychiatric Association removed "homosexuality" from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association), this milestone was considered significant in shifting the perception of homosexuality away from the illness model in mental health discourse..[16][17] In 2012, Pope was named NOGLSTP LGBTQ+ Educator of the Year.