Allyson Knox

Allyson Knox

Senior Director, Education Policy

Microsoft

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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.

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