Shannan has developed and implemented social media and public relations programs for national, regional and local brands ranging from Fortune 100 to small nonprofits. She has served clients in the arts, education, nonprofit, consumer goods, tourism, food service, and retail industries for more than 20 years. She is a 2008 graduate of Leadership Northern Kentucky, was named to the Cincinnati Business Courier’s Forty Under 40 class in 2014, the Metropolitan Club’s Roebling Society in 2018, and was named PR Professional of the Year in 2015 by the Cincinnati Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Shannan earned her bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University and resides in Park Hills with her husband and two teenage sons. She is involved on a variety of committees and boards with organizations including Leadership Northern Kentucky, Metropolitan Club, NKU College of Informatics Alumni Council, Aviatra Accelerators, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, NKU Alumni Association and is a mentor with the Xavier University Mentor Program. Outside of work you are likely to find her hiking, biking or kayaking with her family.