Shannon Hall is the Risk Manager within Legal department of WRI's Executive Office. She coordinates the development and implementation of WRI’s enterprise risk management system, supporting risk management and mitigation initiatives from the project-level up to the institutional level. She manages WRI’s safety and security function across the sisterhood of international offices.

Prior to joining WRI, Shannon worked for the Scottish Government at the British Embassy, coordinating diplomatic engagement efforts and managing the office's budget. She began working for WRI in 2018 as the Special Projects & Security Coordinator in the Finance department.

Shannon holds a B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and an M.A. in Global Policy from Johns Hopkins SAIS. She lives in Washington, DC.