Our Leadership

Gary Ryness is Chairman of The Ryness Company, the largest new homes marketing organization in the nation. Both father and grandfather were subdivision builders giving Gary a personal, if not genetic, interest in developing sales and marketing systems for developers. Gary holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Northwestern University and a Masters in Real Estate from UCLA.

Gary began his career with a major national homebuilder in 1968. Recognizing the opportunity for a marketing organization specializing solely in the needs of new home builders and developers, The Ryness Company was formed in 1975.

As an industry expert, Gary has provided professional consultation throughout the United States and in international markets. Gary formerly served on the Advisory Board for USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate and is a current founding trustee of the national Builder Marketing Society.

Gary was the first recipient of a Lifetime Legend Award presented to him by the Northern California HBA/SMC. He was a 2002 inductee of the California Building Industry Hall of Fame. In 2007 Gary received a Legend of Residential Marketing award from NAHB. Gary serves as a director emeritus of the Northern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Gary and his wife, Kathi, have four grown children.