Gary is the Harm Reduction Specialist at Boston Medical Center for the Healing Communities Study (HCS), a four-state study in New York, Ohio, Kentucky, and Massachusetts, whose goal is to reduce fatal opioid overdose by 40 percent over four years. Gary comes with decades of experience working in advocacy, outreach, and management roles, primarily in the fields of harm reduction and HIV prevention and awareness. In 1997, Gary was a founding member and Board President of the New England Prevention Alliance (NEPA), a group of activists that provide independent syringe exchange and Naloxone distribution to underserved communities. NEPA was responsible for implementation of the first Naloxone distribution program in Massachusetts. In 2012, Gary began providing technical assistance to communities funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, to implement programs that reduce substance use and opioid overdose. In 2016, Gary also began providing technical assistance to grantees of funds from SAMHSA’s First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Cooperative Agreement.