Janne Gallagher
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Position: Vice President and General Counsel
Organization: Council on Foundations
Location: Washington, DC
Janne Gallagher is a member of the Self-Regulation Advisory Group and also serves on the Legal Framework Work Group.
Janne G. Gallagher became vice president and general counsel of the Council on Foundations in April 2003, after four years as deputy general counsel. Ms. Gallagher previously spent 17 years in private practice, most recently at the Washington, D.C., firm of Caplin & Drysdale, where she specialized in the representation of tax-exempt organizations. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and of the Exempt Organization Committee of the American Bar Association's Tax Section, for which she co-chairs the Community Foundations Subcommittee. Her recent publications include, "The Legal Structure of Property Tax Exemption," which appeared in the book, Property Tax Exemption for Charities and "Been Down So Long It Looks Like UMIFA to Me," in the March 2003 issue of Foundation News and Commentary. A graduate of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and Boston College Law School, Ms. Gallagher also holds a Master of Law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.