Christian Gardner is president and CEO of The Gardner Company, a full-service real estate firm that specializes in the development of corporate office, retail, industrial and medical buildings. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in real estate development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gardner is active in many community and charitable causes, including serving as a member of United Way’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society and on the board of directors of: United Way; the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce; and the National Advisory Board of the university’s David S. Eccles School of Business.