Catherine Lyons

Catherine is Director of Policy and Coalitions at EIG. Prior to joining EIG, she was Southern California Director for FWD.us, a bipartisan advocacy organization focused on immigration reform. Previous to that, she led the housing and community development policy work for the Bay Area Council in the San Francisco Bay Area. She served as an AmeriCorps member in New Orleans after receiving Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California in Print Journalism and International Relations. She received her Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, during which she interned at the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development and the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget.