Shannon is a Grants and Finance Manger for the Global Restoration Initiative in the Forests program. She provides financial, administrative, and program operations support to the team. She manages the Priceless Planet Coalition portfolio of grants and subgrants aiming to revitalize degraded lands across the globe. She also provides operational oversight and support on Harit Bharat Fund in India and Fundo Flora in Brasil, two portfolios for financing land restoration.

Prior to joining WRI, Shannon worked on the program operations team at Flamboyan Foundation, a community-based and education-focused nonprofit in Washington, D.C. There she managed the program operations and grants for their school-based partnerships and provided support to organization-wide finance and operations.

Shannon holds a B.A. in International Security and Conflict Resolution from San Diego State University.

Shannon lives in Washington, D.C., and she enjoys reading, cooking, and yoga sculpt classes.