Kathleen Shanahan is the chief executive officer of Turtle & Hughes Inc., a private, certified women-owned business, which services the industrial, construction, commercial, electrical contracting, export, and utility markets. She also currently serves on several corporate boards- including Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (Nasdaq: GLDD) since 2018 and HireQuest (Nasdaq: HQI) since 2019- and the boards of several private companies, including Lumia Analytics, PRISM, and Tampa General Hospital. She is a member of Women Corporate Directors and the International Women’s Forum.

Shanahan has served in various executive and operational positions and has prior service on private and public boards, including membership on various audit and compensation committees. Companies she has served include Ground Works Solutions (previously known as URETEK Holdings Inc.); WRS Infrastructure & Environment Inc. (d/b/a WRScompass); TRC Companies Inc. (NYSE: TRR); and WCI Communities Inc. (NYSE: WCI).

Additionally, Shanahan has held numerous positions in government and public policy, having served as chief of staff for Florida Governor Jeb Bush and for Vice President-elect Dick Cheney; deputy secretary of the California Trade and Commerce Agency for California Governor Pete Wilson; special assistant to Vice President George H.W. Bush; and as staff assistant on President Ronald W. Reagan’s National Security Council.

Shanahan received an MBA in Executive Business Administration from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a BA in Nutrition Biochemistry and Economics from the University of California, San Diego.