Chris Gamvroulas
BS Political Science
President
Ivory Development
Chris Gamvroulas is president of Ivory Development, the land acquisition and development affiliate for Ivory Homes. Chris joined Ivory Homes in 1993 and since then has been involved in the land acquisition, planning, entitlement and construction of over 20,000 home sites and apartments and hundreds of acres of retail, industrial and commercial properties totaling nearly $2 billion in real estate assets. The Ivory family of companies includes Ivory Homes, Ivory Development, and Ivory Commercial.
Prior to joining Ivory, Chris worked in state government for eight years in several capacities including three years as Assistant Director of the Division of Business and Economic Development and five years at the Utah Film Commission. Chris completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Utah.
In 2006, Chris was recognized as a “40 under Forty Business Leader” by Utah Business Magazine. In 2007 Chris was featured in Utah Business Magazine’s “Utah’s Most Admired Companies” and was recognized in 2010 as the Salt Lake Home Builders Association “President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement”. Chris has also been recognized by the Salt Lake Chamber as their annual “Chamber Champion” award for 2016 for his public policy leadership.
Chris has served in leadership positions on the boards of various community and civic
groups including the National Association of Homebuilders, Past Chair of the Salt
Lake City Redevelopment Agency Advisory Committee, Executive Committee of the Salt
Lake Chamber Board of Governors, President of the Utah Property Rights Coalition,
Development Board of the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University
of Utah, Past Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Greek Orthodox Community
of Greater Salt Lake, and as Past Chair of the Better Business Bureau of Utah.
Chris is the proud father of three teenagers, Andrew, Georgia, and Magdalene.