Christian Gardner

CEO and Chairman of the Gardner Group

Christian Gardner is CEO and Chairman of the Gardner Group, a privately-owned collective of companies driven by his commitment to sustainability, innovation, quality real estate development and re-investing back into communities through philanthropy. He has spent a large part of his career focused on the Gardner family’s 40-year-old, full-service commercial real estate company specializing in the development of corporate office, retail, industrial and medical buildings. In 2018 Christian co-founded rPlus Energies, a subsidiary of the Gardner Group, dedicated to building robust utility-scale renewable energy infrastructure across America. Most recently he co-founded Philo Ventures, a startup studio investing in and supporting early-stage companies with a sustainability focus. Christian is actively engaged in the leadership of his companies and is a deeply committed to causes spanning education, the arts, mental health, homelessness, sports and the environment. He embodies his family legacy of dedicating time and resources to build stronger communities. He is married to Marie Gochnour and has 6 children.

 

EDUCATION

Master of Real Estate Development (MRED), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Utah

 

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ROLES

Chair of the University of Utah Board of Trustees

National Advisory Board of the University of Utah’s David S. Eccles School of Business

Board of Directors for Climate and Clean Air Executive Committee

Board of Directors for the Children’s Center, supporting mental health

Board of Directors for Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCU)

Executive Committee for Utah Sports Commission

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