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Serving as The Executive Director of The Global Oral Cancer Forum in 2016 Shannon helps promote the changes required for a substantial impact on incidence, morbidity, and mortality of oral cancer worldwide educating health professionals globally. Shannon graduated from The University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1994. She's authored articles in RDH, JPH, In Focus and Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and is a Key Opinion Leader for several companies, publications and associations and an ambassador with The Oral Cancer Foundation and has sat on the Corporate Council for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene representing Basicbites, Biotene, Oral7 and Curaden US. Shannon held an executive board position in The Cleveland Dental Hygiene Association for over 15 years and continues to create awareness on oral cancer and its horrific side effects.

Shannon is a national and international speaker that has lectured to dentists, hygienists, pharmacists and oncologists. Shannon has also spoken to support groups, hospitals, dental schools, 50+ Groups, and a few mothers' organizations including oral care for children. She has published "A Patient's Guide to Periodontal Disease", to help her colleagues discuss and educate periodontal disease with their patients. In her career, Shannon has been a Key Opinion Leader for Phillips, GC America, Sunstar Butler, Pennwell Publishing, a member of The Friends of Hu-Friedy, Part of the Hygienetown Friends Network.