Rachel Lyons has over seventeen years of experience developing and implementing advocacy programs and managing outreach activity for progressive organizations and political campaigns. She effectively advocates with a broad network of congressional, administration and community contacts and policy expertise in labor and employment, work and family, civil rights, budget, appropriations, women’s issues, the arts, and progressive causes. Lyons is a persuasive, pro-active strategist and leader with experience developing program plans, working in progressive coalitions, managing legislative outreach, training and managing teams of advocates at the federal, state and local level and planning successful events.