Allyson Knox addresses STEM education (particularly computer science), rural workforce development, and cybersecurity workforce policy issues at state and federal levels. She testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education during a hearing, “How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy" in 2015 and the U.S. Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade during a hearing “Our Nation of Builders: Training the Builders of the Future" in 2013. At the state level – she’s testified in New York, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Ohio, and Alabama state capitols.

Program Manager, IoT Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology


President of GFCE Foundation Board
Global Forum on Cyber Expertise

Senior IT Policy Advisor
NIST

Managing Director, CERT Division at the Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University