campaign finance reform, election reform, media and democracy
Background
Gary Kalman is OSPIRG's Democracy Advocate. Based in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. PIRG, the Federation of State PIRGs, he writes and advocates on campaign finance and election reform. Gary returned to the PIRGs in 2005, having started his career as a field organizer. He served for several years as Deputy Director for the ACLU of
Pennsylvania and worked with a team of producers to develop the
nationally syndicated NPR program, Justice Talking. In partnership with
the New York Times Learning Network, he launched Justice Learning, an
award-winning Internet-based civics program. He is a co-editor of The U.S. Constitution: What is Says, What it Means and author of several studies on campaign finance and government
ethics. Mr. Kalman has also served as a campaign consultant and
fundraiser for several political candidates and statewide ballot
initiatives and as an instructor on nonprofit advocacy and development
at LaSalle University. He is a graduate of Clark University.
