For the Press

Clark Ivory is co-founder of Ivory Innovations and CEO of Ivory Homes, Utah’s leading homebuilder. He has led Ivory Homes since 2000 and brings decades of experience in production homebuilding, land development, community development, and the economic forces shaping housing supply and affordability.

Clark previously served as a director of the Salt Lake City Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, including three years as chair. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Chad Reed is vice president of programs and strategy at Ivory Innovations, where he leads national programs that identify, evaluate, and accelerate promising solutions to housing affordability. He oversees the Ivory Prize and works closely with housing entrepreneurs, homebuilders, researchers, investors, and industry partners to help emerging ideas gain visibility and move toward real-world adoption.

Chad has authored and co-authored research with Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, Prosperity Now, and Ivory Innovations. His research has focused on manufactured and factory-built housing, affordable homeownership, construction innovation, and the barriers that prevent promising housing models from reaching greater scale. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Harvard University, where he studied urban planning and public policy.