Alumni Board Member
She/Her
​Wallin Scholar - 2015 Cohort
​University of Minnesota  

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!

Jim McCorkell is the founder and former CEO of College Possible, a national nonprofit organization making college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support.  He currently consults with a variety of clients, with an emphasis on helping social entrepreneurs create, grow and scale their efforts.

As CEO at College Possible, Jim was responsible for leading strategic organizational development, engaging and building relationships with national partners and championing the organization’s commitment to creating more college graduates. Over his 20 year tenure, the organization grew from a start-up in his spare bedroom into a national organization operating in eight American cities, reaching 25,000 low-income students, with an annual budget of $30 million. Under Jim’s leadership, the organization helped 98% of its students earn admission to college, and he helped raise nearly $150 million. 

Jim is a graduate of Carleton College and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. His work has been recognized with many awards, including the Ashoka Fellowship, alumni achievement awards from Carleton and Harvard, and the Executive Leadership Award of Excellence from the Nation College Attainment Network. He has served on many boards over the years, and now serves with Reading Partners Twin Cities. 

Since leaving College Possible, Jim focuses on sharing his hard-earned wisdom by coaching and developing leaders through his consulting practice, Excelerate Consulting, as well as teaching, and serving on nonprofit boards.

He lives in St. Paul, MN with his wife, Dr. Christine Greenhow, their son Jack, and their golden retrievers, Milly and Maddy.