He is currently a Board Member of Tampa Bay Business for Culture and the Arts and the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, and is on the Development Council for The Springs of Tampa Bay. Named as a Tampa Bay Business Journal's “Up & Comers” in 2010 and a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine in 2013 and 2012, his professional and community affiliations include the following organizations: Stageworks Theatre, Hillsborough County Bar Association, The Florida Bar and the American Bar Association. Garding received his J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law and a B.A. from University of Minnesota - Duluth