Shannon likes to work, loves people and is truly a self-starter. She has a an office administration background that began in her teens with on the job training working with her own mother who was the Branch Manager of a bank. Shannon completed three years of training in computer technology at Armstrong before her first daughter was born. During the last ten years she has worked in a variety of settings, but she says one of the most interesting jobs was with the Girl Scout Council of Savannah.   

Her father is no doubt the reason she has become such a determined woman. Throughout her life she experienced many moves with her family because he was in the Air Force and learned to start over again.

After her father’s retirement he started a second career with the Department of Labor, and and more importantly is a grandfather to Ashley, age 11, and Taylor, 18 months. Shannon has good experience as a church member and attends Overcoming by Faith Ministries here in Savannah.

Shannon and her daughters will be participating in the Gathering of the Waters on Sunday, September 12th and will stay for the reception. So please take this opportunity to meet the woman behind the phone.

David grew up first in Rhode Island, then in Savannah, moving south during the blizzard of 1978. “We lived on the Southside which back then was all rural and marshy,” he says, adding that he had an “uneventful but somewhat guilt-ridden childhood.”

David attended SCAD, pursuing architecture, sculpture and art history, and received a degree from UGA in Athens. He worked in database management in the SCAD library, and then went on a separate track, working on the road for a band called Thrilling Muses – his favorite of all time. He moved into hospitality, joining the team at Guaranteed, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe's vegetarian and vegan café. David’s passion for cooking kicked in and at the restaurant he learned from classically trained chefs.

In the ensuing years he returned to Savannah to be with family and worked as domestic coordinator for a family estate, then as manager of a law office. He later became assistant General Manager for the Marshall House before returning to library work, doing acquisitions for the SCAD library. He developed his own catering and hospitality business, and as a keen and active member of UUSavannah, was thrilled when the church required a sexton and Rev. Joan saw that he would be a perfect fit. The church and the property have never looked better. As one member said at a recent meeting, “It really seems like somebody cares about the place now.” David really devotes his time and energy to all aspects of the church's smooth running.