Shan Cooper

Shan brings more than 30 years of experience in business operations, human capital management, transformation, enterprise risk management, community affairs and economic development. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Journey Forward Strategies, LLC, a solutions-focused consulting firm that specializes in leadership development and organization effectiveness. Shan served as Executive Director of Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP), a coalition of leading CEOs focused on critical economic development issues for the City of Atlanta, from 2019—2022. Earlier she was Chief Transformation Officer of WestRock Company, a paper and packaging solutions company. She also served as Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, an aerospace and defense contractor. Shan joined the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) board of directors in December 2020. She also currently serves on the boards of Veritiv Corporation, SouthState Corporation and Georgia Power Company, a subsidiary of Southern Company. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and religion from Emory University and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. She is a graduate of the Rutgers University Executive Masters in Global Human Resource Leadership Program.