Gary is a leading social policy and human services practitioner with over 40 years’ experience working in and being an executive and a CEO of local and State level nor profit and public sector organisations.

He has been a Board Director of major agencies such as the Benevolent Society and has chaired peak bodies such as Healthy Kids (NSW School Canteens Association) and Way Ahead (NSW Mental Health Association).

Currently Gary is Vice Chair of the Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre (BANC) in the upper Blue Mountains.