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‘My heart will always be Hmong’
Talks about Hmong, Asian American and Pacific Islander
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Tobi Shannon
Community & Social Impact Specialist at American Family Insurance
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Overview
Tobi Shannon is a Program Manager and Strategist with experience in community-led solutions and sustainable communities. Currently based in the Washington DC-Baltimore area, Tobi has excelled in roles such as Senior Venture Analyst Fellow at HBCUvc and Associate Community & Social Impact Specialist at American Family Insurance.
Tobi's career highlights include serving as a Senior Venture Analyst Fellow at HBCUvc and working as an Associate Community & Social Impact Specialist at American Family Insurance, showcasing a strong background in venture analysis and community impact initiatives.
Work Experience
Associate Community & Social Impact Specialist
2021 - Current
• Manages development, strategy, and implementation of corporate social responsibility programs • Stewards and builds out grantmaking strategy and a trust-based funding program to deploy $2.3M in multi-year, unrestricted grants across 21 states • Drives the strategic roadmap and end-to-end delivery of CSR products
Insurance Services in Houston, MO
Senior Venture Analyst Fellow, Class 4
2021 - 2021
Venture Analyst Fellow, Class 4
2020 - 2021
HBCU.vc is a not-for-profit organization connecting and equipping the next generation of black and brown tech innovators and investors.
Raised $250,000.00 from MetLife Foundation.
MBA Intern, Corporate Social Responsibility
2021 - 2021
• Assessed, identified gaps, and rewrote key human rights policies for Environmental Social Governance (ESG) to be reported to governing bodies • Managed social impact program reporting system for full time employees
S&P Global is a market intelligence company that provides financial information and data analytics services.
Raised $750,000,000.00.
Associate-MBA Intern
2020 - 2021
• Evaluated 20+ seed-stage, underrepresented founders over 8 weeks to enter into the investment pipeline for the firm • Conducted diligence checks and wrote investment memos for startups seeking venture capital
Valor Ventures is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in seed rounds.
Operations Manager
2020 - 2021
Operations & Marketing Associate
2019 - 2020
Mockingbird Analytics offers nonprofit consulting, specializing in grant writing, impact evaluation, and capacity building.
MBA Consultant
2020 - 2020
Internal consulting as part of Presidio Graduate School's experiential learning program • Conducted an in-depth market analysis and developed a marketing plan for a technical training and consulting nonprofit in San Francisco, CA • Assessed environmental impacts and developed an operations plan and guidance for TRUE Zero Waste Certification for a French-owned winery in Napa Valley, CA
Corporate Relations Coordinator
2017 - 2019
Food Lifeline is a social service organization that rescues and redistributes healthy, nutritious food to needy people.
Sourcing Technical Recruiter - Amazon Web Services
2016 - 2017
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
Education
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