Associate Vice President in Office of EVP: Jack Shannon

Jack Shannon has been named Associate Vice President in the Office of the Executive Vice President, having previously served as the Managing Director for Economic Development since 1997. In addition to continuing to spearhead the University's various economic development activities, Mr. Shannon, in his new position, will also take on the added responsibility for managing special initiatives; coordinating external activities; and developing policy within the EVP Center.

A La Salle University alumnus who took his master's in public policy from Harvard's JFK School of Government, he subsequently attended Penn Law and received his Juris Doctorate in Government and Public Interest Law. Mr. Shannon came to the University from the City of Philadelphia, having first served as the inaugural director of the Mayor's Business Action Team, and later as the first deputy director of the Commerce Department.