Gardner III is a professional with a diverse educational background and extensive experience in operations management, engineering, safety, and corporate inclusion.

He holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Operations Management Strategy from Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago and a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

Gardner III's expertise includes corporate safety management, system operations, field operations distribution, system planning, and project engineering.

Throughout his career, he has held key roles such as Manager of Corporate Safety at Nicor Gas, Fellow at the Corporate Inclusion Institute at Chicago United, Supervisor in System Operations and Field Operations Distribution at Nicor Gas, Engineer in System Planning at Southern Company Gas, Project Engineer at TERRA Engineering, Ltd., and GIS Technician at Washington University in St. Louis.