Shannon has over 27 years of professional experience in architectural history, historic resource management, and historic preservation planning, policy, and economics. Her qualifications meet and exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in History and Architectural History.
She has a proven track record of historic resources management and preservation consultation services for all stages of project development, preparation of required documentation for environmental compliance, project review and permitting, and implementation of mitigation measures. She has authored numerous historic resource assessments, State and National Register Nominations, historic structure reports, CEQA Impacts Analysis, historic resource technical reports, feasibility studies, LAHCM nominations, and HABS/HAER reports. She has managed and conducted planning and technical studies for a broad range of clients and projects throughout Southern California and the American West (New Mexico, and South Dakota).
She specializes in 19th and 20th Century American Architecture, Modern and Contemporary Architecture, and the adaptive reuse of historic buildings, and she has a soft spot for the abandoned places of the American West.
Shannon holds and Bachelor of Arts in English from Rhodes College and a Master of Art in Historic Preservation from George Washington University.
