Gary was President of the Granada Hills Chamber in 1994. He received the Thurlow Culley award for volunteerism in 1993. His business, ARPI Mechanical,Inc., a local heating and cooling company, was started by his father Arpi Farajian in 1956.
Active in the Chamber and the Community, Gary has been on the Chamber's Parade, Golf, Auction, Poker and Government Action Committees, to name a few.