Founder & previous Executive Director of the Institute, Gary has accomplished humanitarian work in India since 1992 and in 1995 built a school for street children there with Rotarian assistance. Through this work he began to do humanitarian work for 53 Tibetan Refugee camps in India. He has worked with five large Universities in Oregon along with a planning committee of Oregon's senior faith leaders. He has accomplished many student peace activities involving middle, high school and college students all over Oregon. He also has worked with Oregon's Governor and First Lady, the Mayor of Portland and former US Senator Mark O. Hatfield. 

 

Gary directed the first World Peace Conference Portland in 2001 and the Dalai Lama came to Portland Oregon. Since then, Wholistic Peace Institute has hosted 12 Nobel Peace Laureates and presented more than a dozen major events in Oregon and an International conference in Seoul, Korea. Author and professor of peace, Gary has taught at Marylhurst University, Religion and Philosophy department and has published the Book of Gentleness, the Wholistic Approach™, a decision making framework for organization leadership and Workplace Spirituality.

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