Shannon Farley is cofounder and executive director of Fast Forward. She is an experienced social entrepreneur. Prior to Fast Forward, Shannon was founding Executive Director of Spark, the world’s largest network of Millennial philanthropists. She has been awarded the New Leader’s Council “Top 40 under 40 Award”, The Aspen Institute’s Ideas Scholar Fellowship, and The Women’s Funding Network’s Changing the Face of Philanthropy Award. Under her leadership, Spark won the 2010 Outstanding Foundation Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals and served in the Inaugural Congressional Conference on Philanthropy and Innovation.