Daniel Shannon

Daniel Shannon is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion executive at Wells Fargo and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he enjoys spending time with his family. He graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in Economics and has a dynamic career that spans multiple industries and disciplines. Daniel has accumulated over two decades of executional and thought leadership experience.
 
He has held leadership positions in consumer-packaged goods (Kraft Foods), retail (Target Corp.), technology (Amazon Corp.), and financial services (Thrivent Financial, Wells Fargo), with demonstrated expertise in organizational strategy, B2B sales, marketing, public speaking, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
 
Daniel’s professional success has been fueled by intellectual curiosity and a bias for action. He’s personally driven by the belief that everyone has inherent value. He finds joy in helping others optimize their unique ability to contribute to the resolution of needs that exist in our everyday lives.
 
He is committed to serving his community as a volunteer with his local church in North Minneapolis.  Daniel was a Wallin Scholar, and is now proud to pay it forward as a board member for Wallin Education Partners. He is an exercise, live music and traveling enthusiast and has a keen interest in behavioral economics.
 
Daniel is a proud life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.  He was also named Alumni of the Year twice for INROADS, a non-profit organization that creates pathways to careers for ethnically diverse high school and college students.
 
Daniel is a firm believer that the best core workout is laughing until your stomach hurts!

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Daniel Shannon serves on the Board of Trustees