Shannon Coffey

Shannon is the editor and designer of the Gwinnett Historical Society's quarterly newsletter, while also responsible for displays, design, photography, and photographic restoration for the Society and the Elisha Winn House Restoration Program. Upcoming projects include a 2006 commemorative calendar, Gwinnett: Then and Now, to be sold by the Society; a new and concise Winn House timeline and publication, The Historic Winn House: A Portrait of Changing Times in the American South; and brochures for the Lawrenceville Cemetery and historic Gwinnett County locations.

A professional designer for 15 years, Shannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up overseas, living in France and Brazil for 11 years. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University followed by graduate work in historical archaeology. She was fortunate enough to do her archaeology fieldwork in Colonial Williamsburg through the College of William and Mary, and while there, received training in artifact illustration and studied colonial glassware.
 
Shannon has earned a number of awards in design and photography, and has exhibited fine art and photography in various shows and exhibits, including the juried Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art in New York. She currently works for the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in the Communications Division where she is responsible for all the annual reports, County newsletter, County branding, and various projects including special event materials and photography. She is a member of the National Society of Photoshop Professionals and the National Association of County Information Officers. On the side, she does digital photo restoration.
 
She is a member of the Philadelphia Winn Chapter, NSDAR; National Society Magna Charta Dames; National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims; Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861; Presidential Families of America; the Winthrop Society; Associated Daughters of Early American Witches; First Families of Gwinnett; Flagon and Trencher; and the National Society of New England Women.