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John Von Kannon is vice president and treasurer
of The Heritage Foundation, a public policy research organization
in Washington, D.C. He oversees the development operations, which
include membership programs, annual giving, and legacy gifts. He
is former publisher of The American Spectator magazine, then based
in Bloomington, IN. He has also served as vice president of the
Pacific Legal Foundation, a Sacramento, CA public interest legal
firm that specializes in property rights law, and president of Russell
& Von Kannon, a marketing and fundraising consulting firm in
suburban Chicago.
In addition to writing for The American Spectator,
Von Kannon has been published in National Review, The Wall Street
Journal, and National Lampoon. He often speaks at seminars for non-profit
organizations on fundraising, marketing, and planning.
Von Kannon recently completed a two-year term
as a member of the Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government
Entities at the Internal Revenue Service. In addition to serving
as a trustee of FREE, he is a trustee of the Philadelphia Society.
He also serves on the boards of two grant-making foundations, the
Donors Capital Fund and the Holman Foundation.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and
two children, is a member of St. Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church,
and active in St. Peter’s school, where his two children attend.
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Mr.
John A. Von Kannon, Vice President and Treasurer