Shannon Hackley has been a hands-on member of Oakland Rotary #3 since 1987. Her passion lies in World Community Service. Traveling multiple times to Central America, her Rotary Club partnering with local Guatemalan Rotarians helped bring cooking stoves, latrines, medical supplies, and clean water to remote villages and schools. Locally, she has mentored high school juniors about free enterprise at the Enterprise Institute, supported the building of affordable and green housing, and much more.
She is a Paul Harris Fellow for the Rotary International Foundation, which enables Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Rotary Foundation has led the charge on the worldwide campaign to eradicate polio, a task near completion.