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Gary Alan Gibson
Gary A. Gibson is the Chief Executive Officer of Gibson & Associates, LLC, an economic development and diversity consulting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Gibson's distinguished career includes...view moreGary A. Gibson is the Chief Executive Officer of Gibson & Associates, LLC, an economic development and diversity consulting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Gibson's distinguished career includes various positions held in both the private and public sectors.
Prior to joining Gibson & Associates in 2002, Mr. Gibson served under Governor Frank O'Bannon as the Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. During his tenure at the BMV, he initiated and implemented several major agency improvements and technology enhancements that resulted in better and more accessible customer service. He also worked with the Indiana General Assembly to draft and pass important legislation that allowed the BMV to modernize its systems and services. His eleven-year state government career also included a position as Executive Assistant to then Governor Evan Bayh.
Governor Bayh presented Mr. Gibson with the state's highest honor, the Sagamore of the Wabash, in January 1997. Governor Frank O'Bannon presented him with a second Sagamore in January 2001. The Indianapolis Marion County City-County Council appointed Mr. Gibson to the City of Indianapolis' Equal Opportunity Advisory Board in July 2002. In 2003, Mayor Bart Peterson appointed him as the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunity Advisory Board. In 2002, Gibson was appointed to the Governor's Commission on Minority and Women's Business Enterprises by Governor O'Bannon. Governor Joe Kernan appointed Mr. Gibson to serve on the newly formed Opportunity Indiana Working Group in 2004.
Gibson worked in the private sector before working in state government. That phase of his career included sales positions in Fortune 500 companies such as Honeywell and Owens-Corning. It also included sales and general management positions in smaller family owned businesses like Contract Interiors of Detroit and Interior Dimensions of Michigan.view less