KNOWN AS BAD SANTA WITHIN THE TRIBE, SHANNON IS A PROUD MEMBER OF LION CHASERS TEAM ALPHA-1, COUPLES ’23, COUPLES ’25, AND CENTURION INVICTUS. IN ADDITION, SHANNON EARNED THE HIGHEST HONOR WITHIN THE LION CHASERS MOVEMENT, BEING NAMED THE 2021 LION CHASER OF THE YEAR.

SHANNON QUICKLY BECAME A FATHER FIGURE WITHIN THE TRIBE AND EMBRACED HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE TO THE OTHER TRIBESMEN FROM THE BEGINNING. TO DATE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A LION CHASERS EVENT THAT BAD SANTA HAS NOT ATTENDED IN SOME CAPACITY. WITH A PERFECT MIX OF HUMOR AND LEADERSHIP, HE HAS TRULY BECOME AN ICON IN THE LION CHASERS FAMILY, AND THE LION CHASERS THAT SERVE ON SUPPORT ELEMENT LOOK TO HIS GUIDANCE AND EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY TO MAKE OUR EVENTS THE MOST IMPACTFUL AND POWERFUL THAT THEY CAN BE FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS, BUT FOR THEIR OWN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

BORN IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, HE HAD A WRESTLING BACKGROUND IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1989. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHANNON ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY SUBMARINE PROGRAM, AND BECAME A SONAR TECHNICIAN. OVER HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 20-YEAR CAREER, HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITHIN THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY, SERVING ABOARD THE USS NARWHAL, THE USS NEWPORT NEWS, AND THE USS MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL.

DURING HIS TIME IN THE NAVY, HE HELD A VARIETY OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE SONAR DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER ABOARD THE USS NEWPORT NEWS AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SUBMARINE TRAINING FACILITY, EARNING THE MASTER TRAINING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION.

AFTER RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY, SHANNON WENT ON TO EARN HIS B.S. IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE NOW GIVES BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING AT THE DAYTON NATIONAL CEMETARY HONOR SQUAD WHERE HE PERFORMS MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS FOR VETERANS, SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER FOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHES FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND MOST RECENTLY JOINED CASA/GAL TO SERVE AS A VOICE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED. SHANNON HAS BEEN NAMED A “FORCE FOR GOOD CHAMPION” LOCALLY AS WELL, AND IS INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN ADDITION, HE WORKS AS AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

HE IS MARRIED TO HIS AMAZING WARRIOR WIFE (WHO IS A PROUD MEMBER OF COUPLES ’23 AND COUPLES ’25) ANGIE, AND IS A FATHER AND GRANDFATHER TO FOUR ADULT CHILDREN AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN.