Cogen, Shannon  

Board of Trustees

Shannon Cogen grew up in San Antonio, Texas.  She earned her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.  After clerking for the Hon. Amalya L. Kearse on the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Shannon entered private practice. Working in firms in New York and San Francisco, Shannon specialized in securities litigation and white collar criminal defense.  Since leaving private practice, she has been involved in several non-profits, notably working as the Coordinator for Capital Improvements at the San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center and serving on the Council of the Jamestown Community Center.  Shannon lives in San Francisco with her husband, Doug and her children Jack (SFFS class of 2014) and Tess (SFFS class of 2017).