Miriam Lyons is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development.

Formerly the Policy Coordinator of New Matilda, Miriam has a long history of bringing policy ideas to new audiences, as the founding director of the Interface Festival of Ideas in Sydney, and director of the Ideas Program for the Straight out of Brisbane Festival.

Miriam has also worked as a freelance writer and a media development consultant in East Timor with the international NGO Internews.