Imdb.com does say Gary Dawson was executive producer, but I remember hearing Howard's voice for some judgement decisions.
Indeed, Gary's the son of Richard. You might have seen him when both of Richard's sons and daughter-in-law (an original FF staffer/producer) threw him a birthday surprise in one episode of the ABC days (since rerun a few times on GSN...particularly in FF marathons).
Sidebar note: So much time was spent celebrating, that didn't leave much time for a game. So, they only played 2 (maybe 3?) questions and both families got to play Fast Money (one team scored $5000, the other won about 900 and change, IIRC) and the right for a "rematch" on the next show.
Gary's also pictured with Richard at the "buzzer table" for faceoffs on the FF94 set in a People magazine article; the story was published not long after Richard replaced Ray.
As for Howard, I think he had little to do (maybe none at all) with FF94. Every time I heard, "Richard we need a more specific answer" or something to that effect that season, it came from Gary. (That's right, Gary professionally had to identify "Richard" on a first-name basis.)
