campaign finance reform, election reform, media and democracy
Background
Gary Kalman directs U.S. PIRG’s federal legislative office in
Washington, D.C. From 2005 through 2007 he led the legislative advocacy
and research for U.S. PIRG’s Democracy Program where he specialized in
campaign finance, government accountability and election reform. During
that time, he was a leading voice in fighting rollbacks to the nation’s
campaign finance laws and in the successful effort to pass landmark
reform of the congressional ethics and lobbying laws. Mr. Kalman is the
author of several reports on money and politics and has testified
before Congress, presented at national conferences and has been quoted
in and appeared on national and local media including The Washington
Post, USA Today, Fox News and MSNBC.
Prior
to joining U.S. PIRG, Mr. Kalman worked with a team of producers to
develop the nationally syndicated NPR program, Justice Talking. In a
partnership with the New York Times, NPR and the University of
Pennsylvania, he led the development and design of Justice Learning, an
award-winning Internet-based civics program recognized at the 2006
Webby Awards. He is a co-editor of The U.S. Constitution: What is
Says, What it Means (Oxford University Press). A graduate of Clark
University, Mr. Kalman has also served as Deputy Director of the ACLU
of Pennsylvania, a political campaign consultant and as an instructor
at LaSalle University where he lectured on nonprofit advocacy and
development.
