 In addition to his position at Weichert, Realtors, Barry is a member and former Chairman of the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA), Trustee and President of the Washington Association of New Jersey (WANJ) and the longtime President of the Harding Township Republican Club.Barry sought a return to the State Legislature in 2003 in two separate instances.In February when the local Republican county committees of the 21st Legislative District voted on a replacement for Assemblyman Thomas Kean Jr. who had been appointed to the State Senate, Barry came in second place behind Jon Bramnick in the vote for the remainder of Kean's term in the Assembly.