Gary Ivory, Southwest President and National Director of Program Development

Princeton Theological Seminary, Master of Divinity
Austin College, B.A., Business and English
Additional studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Gary Ivory currently serves as the Southwest President of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP), as well as the National Director of Program Development. In this capacity, he maintains oversight of several programs that provide a range of community-based services for children, youth and families throughout the southwest region.

Mr. Ivory pioneered work with juvenile street gangs in Fort Worth, Texas. This work was featured in several national publications including Catalyst, a national newsletter of the National Crime Prevention Council, and the PBS series In Search of Law and Order. The Tarrant County programs, known as TCAP, have been featured as a national model for developing community-based alternatives for serious juvenile offenders.

Gary Ivory received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Austin College. In 1999, he received the alumnus of the decade award from his alma mater. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary with a focus on public policy and ethics. He has also completed graduate course work at the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs at Princeton University. In 2003, he completed training at the Harvard Negotiation Project Program at the Harvard Law School.

In 2008, Mr. Ivory was selected by the Stanford University Graduate School of Business as a Center for Social Innovation Fellow for Executive Nonprofit leaders.