Shannon Turner

Foundation Relations Officer

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

About

Experience

  • American Enterprise Institute (Full-time · 2 yrs 6 mos)
    • Foundation Relations Officer
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Senior Development Writer
      Feb 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Director, Corporate Development
      Nov 2021 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Senior Manager, Corporate Research
      Mar 2021 - Nov 2021 · 9 mos

    • Research Associate
      Feb 2019 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • House of Representatives (2 yrs)
    • Legislative Assistant
      Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 · 4 mos

      • Staff expert for agriculture, animal, government reform, homeland security, housing and science and technology portfolio. • Research and review legislation and committee actions and author memos and vote recommendations for committee and House votes. • Manage stakeholder interests and constituent priorities within committee jurisdiction or on House agenda. • Work closely with the Congressman on his legislative priorities, including passage of amendments and bills. • Monitor state and district issues to ensure proactive representation and effective problem solving, including flooding issues and FEMA.

    • Legislative Correspondent
      Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs

      • Manage all incoming correspondence for the Washington D.C. office, totaling 250,000 pieces of correspondence. • Author responses concerning all legislative issues including health care, immigration and energy. • Serve as first point of contact for constituents with inquiries and policy concerns, while managing response system for all other correspondence. • Manage the internship program, recruiting, training and managing forty interns. • Notable accomplishments include over 1,000 personal constituent contacts by staff and overseeing 5,000 RSVPs for district events including town halls.

  • Canvassing Consultant at Murphy Nasica - American Renewal Project
    Sep 2016 - Nov 2016 · 3 mos

    • Door-knocking and phone banking in a GOTV effort for the American Renewal Project during the final months of the 2016 election. • Reached an average of 120 households per day

  • Major Gifts Planning Intern at The Heritage Foundation
    Jan 2016 - Apr 2016 · 4 mos

    • Ran the weekly reports for the Major Gifts Planning team as they managed fundraising for the Foundation. • Personally connected donors with information on Heritage mission and support options. • Member of direct mail team engaged in fundraising.