Gary Werner is a senior media relations officer for Arizona State University's Media Relations and Strategic Communications team. Prior to this role, Gary served as a science writer for ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, as the communications director for a Washington state government agency, as a senior nonfiction editor for Penguin Books, and as a newspaper and magazine journalist. Gary earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and in international affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder, as well as a master’s degree in education from Northwest University. At the beginning of his career, Gary served for six years in the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic submarine fleet.