Gabrielle Lyon is the co-founder and Executive Director of Project Exploration, a nationally-recognized program that makes science accessible to young people through personal experience with scientists and science. Gabe has a passion for social justice and informal education that has been demonstrated through her work as a Research Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Director of the School Change Institute and Outreach Coordinator at the Small Schools Workshop at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ms. Lyon accepted the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in January of 2010 on behalf of Project Exploration. Gabe has been a member of the Coalition’s Steering Committee since 2008.