Foundation Board of Advisors

Frank Gallagher; Cable in the Classroom

Mr. Gallagher is currently the Director of Education and Media Literacy for Cable in the Classroom (CIC) in Washington, D.C. He is a specialist in the areas of media and information literacy, internet safety, media education, and the impact of media on children. Gallagher manages CIC's work in those fields and speaks frequently on those topics. Mr. Gallagher is a consulting editor to CIC's publications, Cable in the Classroom Magazine and Threshold, and is also responsible for tracking the cable industry's work with schools, and writing briefing materials for both the cable and education communities. He serves on the board of directors of National PTA and the Interim Board of the National Forum on Information Literacy. In addition, Mr. Gallagher is on the Communications Commission of California PTA, the national advisory board for the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and on the Washington, DC, advisory board of Common Sense Media. Earlier, he was an educator and taught in a Maryland middle school. Mr. Gallagher holds a master's degree from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD and a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.