Mike Gallagher and wife, Mandy have six children, one adopted from US foster care and twins adopted from Uganda. As co-founders of The Chosen & Dearly Loved Foundation (2014) and 1MILLIONHOME (2019), they champion family preservation, family reunification, family strengthening, special needs adoption, and church-driven systems change in US foster care and global orphan care. Mike leads 1MILLIONHOME as CEO. He previously worked in private equity with Gallagher Industries, was CEO of school uniform retailer, Educational Outfitters, served the Leadership Counsel of Christian Alliance For Orphans (CAFO), the Advisory Board of University of the Nations, and the founding Board of Ekisa Ministries International. A 2018 Praxis Nonprofit Fellow and Practitioner of Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Mike has shared on several podcasts, including Leadership & Innovation with Jess Larsen, Maybe God with Eric Huffman, and DadAwesome with Jeff Zaugg.
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