Shannon is an accomplished nonprofit executive with extensive experience leading organizational growth and program innovation within the housing and homelessness sector. She most recently served as Director of Programs & Services at Homeless Solutions, Inc.

Over the course of her 13-year tenure, Shannon played a pivotal role in expanding the agency’s service continuum. Her leadership included the launch and expansion of the organization’s first Warming Center, increased emergency shelter capacity for men, and the development of a 32-unit permanent supportive housing program for formerly homeless women. She enhanced services at the Mt. Kemble Home for senior women through expanded on-site case management and programming, introduced integrated behavioral health services within the shelter environment, and established the agency’s first Recovery Shelter Program for individuals with substance use disorders. She also led the organization through Medicaid licensure and implementation of its first Medicaid-funded Housing Supports Program.

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Shannon holds a Master of Social Work from New York University and a post-master’s certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership. She was named a NJBIZ 40 Under 40 Honoree in 2021. Her earlier experience includes work in school-based programs, congregate care settings for runaway youth in New York City, and shared affordable housing initiatives.