He is a member of the National Speakers Association and has made presentations in German and Spanish as well as English.

He has published over l50 articles for periodicals as diverse as American Art, Colorado Business Journal, Rocky Mountain News, Win-Win Forum, Toastmasters Magazine, Palette Talk, The Georgia Review, Journal of General Education, and The Bloomsbury Review.

He is a former radio and television announcer and acted in television commercials.

His book, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE: PUBLIC SPEAKING MADE FUN AND EASY, spent time on The Tattered Cover's business best seller list.

He has M.A.'s in English and philosophy, a Ph.D. in humanities.

He has climbed fifty-one of Colorado's fifty-four 14,000' peaks and won city and state tennis championships.

He is an accomplished artist: http://gary-theartist.com

He is a compulsive dog doter, chocolate consumer, and art viewer.