Shannon is a Program Manager for Green Press Initiative (GPI), which is a nonprofit committed to advancing sustainable patterns of production and consumption within the U.S. book and newspaper industries and within the paper industry at large. GPI also advances policy innovations related to paper and climate change and recycling and incubates pioneering new strategies for market transformation. Shannon is also the founder of SustainCharlotte, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing and advancing sustainability across the Charlotte region.