Shannon is a Senior Philanthropic Advisor in the Principal Gifts office at Tulane University, where she has worked with donors for over a decade. Shannon spent 18 years serving higher education with major and principal gift work and spent two years as the Vice President of Development for the Gary Sinise Foundation. In addition to working with current gifts Shannon is a principal gift planner. She previously served as the executive director of gift planning where she implemented and managed the Office of Gift Planning for the university which integrated major and planned giving. Her greatest joy in the profession is working with donors who make transformational philanthropic investments and sharing innovative ways to make their goals come to fruition. 

Shannon has presented on faculty for many years at CASE and is a regular presenter with AFP, Association of Charitable Gift Planners, and Partnership for Philanthropic Planners. She offers consulting and training to various nonprofits and worked closely with the late Robert Sharpe, Jr. as a member of his Encore team. 

She lives in The Woodlands, Texas with her six-year-old son, Jaxon.