Ivy Odom is the senior lifestyle editor at Southern Living and a familiar face of the Southern Living brand. She hosted all 40 episodes (two seasons) of the syndicated and Emmy-nominated TV show The Southern Living Show, and she appears frequently on the TODAY show and Good Morning America. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia and the culinary arts program at L’Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, Luis, and her dog, Basil.