Shannon Bartlett

Shannon Bartlett is on her first term on the board, joining in August 2022. As chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the National Geographic Society, Shannon oversees the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts and helps cultivate an environment where people of every race, identity, experience, and ability have a role in its mission-driven work. Her primary areas of interest center on the unconscious ways diversity and culture impact their everyday decision-making and interactions, as well as how to effectively balance the goal of inclusion with the development of an intellectually diverse community. Bartlett received her J.D. from the DePaul University School of Law, her M.A. degree in jurisprudence and social policy from the University of California at Berkeley, and her B.A degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.