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Dave Ivan, Ph.D

Dave Ivan Michigan Profile PicDave Ivan, Ph.D
Advisory Board, Past Research Fellow
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 432-7602
Email: ivand@msu.edu

Dave Ivan provides oversight to a team of more than 65 MSU Extension members who specialize in natural resources management, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and more. Ivan has over 15 years of progressive leadership experiences with MSU Extension. In addition to serving as GMI interim director, he also served as a regional director and Clinton County Extension director. Ivan has provided innovative Extension programming in economic development and is frequently sought as a guest speaker on community revitalization. He holds a bachelor’s and a doctorate from MSU as well as an MBA from Penn State University.

Ivan worked in partnership with Craig Carpenter (MSU) and Tyler Augst (MSU).

Ivan's Fellowship Work

Project Page: Best Practices in Suburban Housing Affordability

Suburban communities across the United States have different housing strengths and weaknesses; however, they have all experienced a steady rise in median housing prices. Lower housing affordability has a host of negative consequences including increased homelessness, poor health outcomes, unaddressed racial housing inequality, and lower disposable incomes. Although research and resources often focus on urban and rural areas, an increasing number of suburban areas face housing affordability pressure from rapidly expanding major urban cores. Similar housing pressures face regional metropolitan areas (anchored by smaller cities such as Boise, ID and Spokane, WA), which serve as economic, cultural, social, or health-care hubs for surrounding rural communities.
Visit Project Page: Best Practices in Suburban Housing Affordability