Maggie Gallagher

president , Institute for Marriage & Public Policy

Maggie Gallagher is president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. Maggie is a nationally syndicated columnist, the author of three books on marriage (including most recently with University of Chicago Prof Linda Waite, *The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better-Off Financially*), and a leading voice of the new marriage movement. *National Journal* named her to the 2004 list of the most influential people in the same-sex marriage debate.