As the Research and Strategic Development Specialist, Shannon supports strategic and financial development within Catholic International in addition to managing two of the President’s ongoing evaluations of economic development interventions in Latin America. Education has played a key role in Shannon’s work experience, as she has worked at an elementary school in the Bronx and in the administration of two universities, Catholic International and her alma mater, The Catholic University of America. Originally a Wisconsinite and now becoming a West Virginian, in her free time Shannon loves to read, hang out with friends, and swing dance.