Christy Ivie

Co-Founder, Strategist

Christy is a Strategist and Public Speaker with the exo18 team. After spending over 30 years as a Pastor’s wife, Pastoring for 15 years, launching and turning around small businesses, and founding Christy’s Cause, an organization that works to eradicate child sex trafficking and exploitation, she co-founded exo18 with her husband Ed. She brings decades of experience in strategic planning, project management, business coaching, business startup, and business turnaround in profit and nonprofit sectors. As a Strategist with exo18, Christy comes alongside organizations to help them develop a sustainable plan to get them from where they are to where they want to be.

Christy is passionate about seeing women in leadership thrive and has mentored several female leaders as they maneuver great opportunities and unique challenges. One of her greatest joys is investing in and seeing young women succeed while feeling confident and comfortable in their leadership role.

Christy speaks publicly on behalf of Christy’s Cause and helps nonprofits such as Life Publishers and Global University raise project funds. She is passionate about philanthropic work and helps other nonprofit organizations raise financial support to achieve their mission.

Christy co-authored One Story, Many Voices, a book for educators to recognize sexually exploited children in the classroom, properly report, and work with students presenting traumatic stress in a trauma informed way. “I’ve always known God would use my childhood story to reach out and help children who are at-risk of sexual exploitation,” Christy said. “I am excited to be a part of a unique and growing nonprofit such as Christy’s Cause to bring hope to an otherwise desperate and dark situation.”

Although living a diverse and busy life, Christy leads from a place of health and balance and loves coming alongside other leaders to help them achieve all God has placed in their hearts while encouraging them to maintain a healthy and balanced life. Christy lives in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex with her husband and enjoys traveling, exploring, writing, and painting but most importantly being Mimi <3.