Chris Ingstad

Iowa

Chris Ingstad is an eighth-generation Iowan who leads the Iowans for Tax Reform Foundation, Iowa’s pro-growth, free-market think tank. He joined the Foundation as President and CEO in June 2022 after ten years working for Iowans for Tax Relief, serving as its president from 2016 to 2022.

Under his leadership, Iowans for Tax Relief, a 501(c)(4) organization, played a key role in many conservative victories inside the Iowa Capitol, including three rounds of income tax cuts, occupational licensing reform, donor privacy protections, property tax transparency, and the elimination of Iowa’s inheritance tax.

Prior to working in public policy, Ingstad served as Vice President of an investment management firm, and he held various corporate finance roles for a publicly traded manufacturing company.

Chris and his wife, Sarah, have four children. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance, as well as a Master of Business Administration degree, from Saint Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.