 Gamaliel operates with a small staff (approximately 20 in 2008), supplemented by interns and consultants.For example, during the period Barack Obama worked as a community organizer with the Developing Communities Project on the far South Side of Chicago (1985-1988), he was also a consultant and trainer for the Gamaliel Foundation.Gamaliel has five regional directors covering the Eastern, Mideastern, Midwestern, Southern, and Western United States.