Gary is a graduate of the US Naval Academy with a BS in Naval Engineering and a minor in Nuclear Physics. He has an MBA from Pepperdine University. After 5 years as a Surface Warfare officer in the Navy, he spent 28 years working for Procter & Gamble retiring as Vice President - Global Product Supply - Baby Care. He spent several years as a Product Supply and leadership consultant before joining the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy Board in 2007. He left the Board in 2016 to take the role of CEO - Federal Prison Industries in the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Upon his return in 2018, he began consulting with the Board and was hired in 2022 as the Formative Foundation CEO.