Through this work, Tyson directs state-based Policy Fellows Programs with education partners in Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri and has supported numerous organizations and institutions in their policy and legislative advocacy efforts.

Prior to founding AdvocacyBuild, Tyson spent nearly two decades working in higher education, including the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development at Mississippi State University, the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama, and the Rural Policy Research Institute at The University of Missouri.

Tyson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, a Master of Public Affairs from the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, and a Master of Arts in Political Science from Mississippi State University. He has additional certificates from American University's Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute and European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute programs, as well as the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies program, hosted by a consortium of thirteen international universities. Tyson also served as a Senior Policy Fellow in the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program hosted by the Institute for Educational Leadership, in partnership with Columbia University's Teachers College and Michigan State University.