Patricia Lyon

    Patricia Lyon joined Bruno Associates after retiring from 39 years in the field of education.  In her career, Ms. Lyon has served as a teacher, principal, and school district administrator in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia.  Her last 16 years were with the Mount Vernon City School District where she was the Grants Administrator for eight of those years.  Her responsibilities, in addition to overseeing $18 million dollars in grant funds annually, included writing grants and increasing the funding resources of the district.  Ms. Lyon has secured funding for safe schools, foreign language, bilingual and ESL, adult occupational and literacy, and after school programs.  She is an expert in the development of Consolidated Applications (Title I-Title V), writing goals and objectives, and developing evaluation plans. Her diverse background in the field of education has led to her deep understanding of the needs of children and youth, teachers, support staff, and administrators and she prides herself in being able to meet those needs through the acquisition of grant funding.