Shannon Arnold
- President
- Path Strategy LLC
- https://pathstrategy.io/
Shannon Arnold is the CEO and Founder of Path Strategy LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in strategic planning and communications for ports and maritime-adjacent organizations. With an emphasis on action, the plans her team creates guide clients from high-level strategy to results that drive impact and purpose. With a background in communications and more than a decade of experience in sustainability consulting and stakeholder engagement, Shannon supports organizations in aligning teams around a shared vision and developing innovative ways to communicate the results of that collective action.
She has worked with major port authorities, including Long Beach, Stockton, and Corpus Christi, among others, to standardize, streamline, and advance sustainability initiatives through dynamic workshops, strategic planning, and visual storytelling.
Sessions
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Session 1E: The Infrastructure of Trust: Aligning Your Communications Strategy to Your Stakeholders
Ports operating in complex regulatory and community environments know that stakeholder concern — left unaddressed — becomes opposition. This session offers a practical framework for transforming that concern into informed advocacy, where early buy-in drives lasting support and project success.