Cindy M. Lott serves as academic program director for nonprofit management programs at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. Prior to her current position, she served as executive director and senior counsel to the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School, and within that program was the developer and lead counsel to the Charities Regulation and Oversight Project from 2006–2015. Currently, Lott is also a senior fellow at the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, working in conjunction with the Institute’s Tax Policy and Charities project.