Staff

Eric Gally has lobbied in Maryland since 1992 and founded Gally Public Affairs in 1997. Over the years he has developed strong working relationships with policy makers around the state based on trust, hard work, mutual respect and a lot of campaign work.

Along the way he has passed a significant amount of legislation – including ground-breaking work in public health, the environment and child advocacy. Some of those measures include the Clean Indoor Act of 2007 that eliminated smoking in all Maryland bars and restaurants — and measures that lowered the state’s per se drunk driving standard from .1 BAC to .08, reduced gun violence with a trigger lock requirement and cleaned up the Chesapeake Bay by creating steady yearly funding for major cleanup projects — just to name a few. He also worked on the Thornton and Kirwan Commission initiatives that dramatically improved our state’s public education system.

He has also paved the way for business clients to conduct their work in Maryland by helping secure funding, revising burdensome regulations and obtain new locations.

Before coming to Maryland, Gally worked for the Speaker’s Office in the New York State Assembly and prior to that was a reporter and editor with The Daily Journal in Elizabeth, NJ.

Jennifer has worked as a lobbyist and nonprofit advocate at the state and local levels since 2005, when she graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law. She has spearheaded the passage of legislation on a range of issues from smart growth to campaign finance to animal welfare. She has a deep understanding of advocacy campaigns and legislative process, and has cultivated relationships with legislators on both sides of the aisle. She has also developed and led citizen advocacy training programs, and is passionate about building broader engagement in the legislative process.

Dru has decades of experience in Annapolis working on a wide range of legislative issues.  She has an extensive record passing sweeping policy reform and defeating bad bills. This is possible through strong relationships with legislators and deep knowledge of the legislative process. Eric and Dru have closely collaborated on many issues for more than two decades.