Shannon Austin | Executive Director | Office of Vocational Rehabilitation | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
About Speaker
"Shannon Austin is an executive with demonstrated ability to successful implement a turnaround situation, balancing strategic priorities and direction and fiscal oversight to drive operational performance. She has a commendable history as the visionary and thought leader for advancing the strategic direction of the business through innovation and organizational leadership critical to continuous growth and business scalability in an evolving global market. An engaging leader and innovative change agent with expertise in strategic planning, operational management, crisis management, partnership development and increasing visibility for growth. She has an advanced background in developing operational structure and establishing policies and procedures that deliver bottom-line improvement and performance enhancements. She has championed numerous public/private partnerships and collaborations that create and maintain effective working relationships with businesses and community partners in order to create organizational work culture that embraces the core pillars of diversity and inclusion. She plans to be the bridge to develop and nurture strong collaborations between government agencies and businesses to bring about true inclusion in the workplace. "