 Garan serves on the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.Garan graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, in 1979.He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business economics from the State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982; a Masters of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1994; and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida, 1996.