Posted by George Twiss on Nov 28, 2018
Andrew oversees leadership and major gift stewardship programs for Compass Housing Alliance.  Compass provides day services, emergency shelter, transitional housing and affordable housing with 23 sites throughout the Puget Sound Area. They employ 300 staff with a $19 million budget.
 
 
Prior to joining Compass in 2016, Andrew launched his own travel company here in Seattle. Prior to that, he was with Mike Atkins Entertainment in Nashville and CBH Radio in Indianapolis.
 
Although born in Seattle, Andrew lived most of his early life in Indiana and earned a triple degree with honors in Music, French, and Business from Anderson University. Now how many others here are Anderson alums and Raven fans? OK – how many went through college on a saxophone scholarship? It is obvious that Andrew is a talented musician – he is also a trained classical pianist and has worked as a studio background singer. Rotary Rogues, a potential recruit?
 
When I asked Andrew why Seattle Rotary, he told me of his Rotaract involvement back in Indiana and his interest in giving back to his once and future community here in Seattle.
 
So here is Andrew Lyon, leadership gifts officer for Compass Housing, who President Cindy will welcome as our newest Seattle Rotarian.
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