Gary Marks

Gary Marks was selected through public outreach as one of three CCAC members appointed to represent the interests of the General Public. His four-year term on the CCAC will expire in March 2011. In March, 2010, Mr. Marks was appointed as the Chairperson of the CCAC.

Mr. Marks is currently the City Administrator of Ketchum, Idaho, and has managed cities in Oregon, Montana, and Idaho over the past 20 years. He has also served in elective office as a City Councilor for the City of Tualatin, Oregon, and as a Commissioner for the Oregon Trail Library District in Morrow County, Oregon. Mr. Marks has served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon City-County Management Association, the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority, and, currently, as the Chairman of the Idaho Intergovernmental Insurance Authority. He is also the 2012 President-elect of the Great Open Spaces Management Association, which represents city management professionals in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Additionally, Mr. Marks works in a volunteer capacity as President of Cayo Ministries, a non-profit missions organization which serves the people of the Cayo District in the nation of Belize, Central America.

While working as the City Manager of the City of Whitefish, Montana, Mr. Marks served as a Commissioner of the Montana Quarter Design Selection Commission and subsequently as the Master of Ceremonies at the official launching ceremony for the 2007 Montana Quarter Dollar. He also served as Executive Director of the Whitefish Centennial Medallion Commission and as Chairman of the Whitefish Bronze Sculpture Committee. Mr. Marks has been a dedicated numismatist for over 38 years.

Mr. Marks holds a B.A. in Human Resource Management from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. His studies included extensive research and thesis work on the dynamics and relative performance characteristics of citizens committees within governmental entities.