As Director of HR at The Muse, Shannon makes sure that the company delivers on being a great workplace for its growing team of Musers, from handling benefits to developing talent management processes. Shannon leverages her experience in benefits and payroll administration, new hire onboarding, performance management, employee relations, executive coaching, and training and development to increase transparency and set policies that align with the company’s culture and core values. Shannon earned her Bachelor of Science, Psychology from Loyola University Chicago and her Master of Arts, Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Elmhurst College. Before joining The Muse, she built and ran HR at a proprietary trading firm in Chicago (Go-Go White Sox!).