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Ryan Koch

Senior Director of Grants and Contracts

Ryan Koch joined IWPR in 2007 as the development director. He earned his master’s of science in social work from the University of Texas at Austin, and as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech he majored in political science with a minor in sociology. His area of study and interest has been and remains focused on issues of race, class, and gender. Ryan joined IWPR after several years successfully writing grant proposals for the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development and the Memphis Housing Authority. He spent most of his time working with the Housing Authority’s Human Services programs and the city’s Continuum of Care homeless service program.