Shannon Delaporta is a Senior Account Executive at Southwest Strategies. In this role, she uses her background in government relations, community outreach and event coordination to provide strategic communication services to a variety of transportation clients.

Before joining Southwest Strategies, Delaporta worked as an intern for local nonprofit organization Walnut Creek Downtown in Walnut Creek, CA. During this time, she aided in a variety of tasks including business expansion campaigns, event coordination and community outreach. Delaporta is a proud alumna of Northern Arizona University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies and her Bachelor of Science in Political Science. While receiving her higher education, Shannon spent a semester studying Governance and Politics at Chiang Mai University in Thailand, where she strengthened her background in international relations and public policy with an eastern perspective.