Gary was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 28, 1954. Gary moved to the Orlando area in 1985 when he made the purchase of J & J Metro Moving and Storage, a company he has owned and operated for the past 20 years. Gary has three children, Carrie, Lisa and Jason. Gary meet Anne Haley at a Shrine Auction put on by the Legion of Honor in 1996. They were married in Las Vegas in May of 2003.  Anne also has three children, Jami, David, and Jared. The six children range in age from 18 to 27, and at one point they had the challenge of having four in college at one time. Since then the three oldest have graduated. This family now resembles that of the Brady Bunch, with three girls, and three boys joined together through a marriage. 

Gary became a Master Mason in 1994 and is a member of Eola 207. He is also a member of the Orlando Scottish Rite. Gary has held appointed positions at Bahia over the past few years as 1st and 2nd Ceremonial Masters, Colonel of Units, and Membership Chairman. Prior to that he held the positions of President of the Bahia Roadrunners and the Bahia Antique Car Club. He is a Charter Member, Charter Officer, and Past President of the Bahia Computer Club. Gary is a lover of old cars and has collected several since becoming a member of the Bahia Antique Cars.  His love of vehicles also finds him occasionally riding his Shrine Edition Harley Davidson. "Click Here to Visit Museum of Gary's Cars"

While serving as Membership Chairman in 1999, Gary created and developed the Mentor Program. This has been a successful program used to develop and to get new members involved. The program did so well it was recognized by Imperial Shrine Headquarters, and Gary has presented the program at the annual Imperial Shrine Membership Seminar in Tampa to the Membership Chairmen and Chief Rabbans from all over North America for the past five years. This program is now used through out the Shrine of North America.

For the past five years Gary has been a member of the Imperial Membership Executive Committee.  This is a position that is appointed by the Imperial Potentate each year.  While serving on this committee Gary came up with the idea of a Shrine Mascot to be used to promote Shrinedom and to attract the younger generations.  The result was the birth of Fez Head Fred, the official Mascot of the Shrine of North America that is promoted and used across North America.   In 2002 Gary was appointed by the Imperial Potentate  as a Charter member of the newly formed TRAC Team. This Team is trained to help, aid, and assist other Shrine Centers with all areas of their Shrine including Membership, Leadership, Masonic Relations, and several other area’s.  Over the past 3 years Gary has traveled over 20,000 miles visiting many Shrine Centers across the nation, volunteering his time to assist them

In 1999, Gary started his "Morning MOTIVATIONS" that go out several times a week to over 600 of the Bahia Nobles and others around the country who are set up to receive e-mails from him. This program he instituted has become a great way of communication to the members of Bahia. It has helped to keep our Nobles informed and helped to increase participation at many of our functions