Biography

Previously was an EDEN delegate at the University of Hawaii.
Shannon Sand joined the University of Nebraska Lincoln in March 2023. Prior to that she was at the University of Hawaii as an agricultural finance and business extension agent from 2019-2023. Her responsibilities included all commodities, and she served statewide helping producers with risk management, business planning, expansion, finance and risk management. Her previous work since 2013 has been for various land grant universities focusing on agricultural economics in extension. Her goals are to gain greater understanding and experience in the five areas of risk management. She has done many programs focusing on different risk management techniques, and focusing on different areas of risk management to help increase producers long term sustainability. Shannon comes from a farming/ranching background as a fourth generation farm kid. She has an B.S. in Ag. Business Management and Marketing, M.S in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida, a M.S in Ag Economics from Oklahoma State University and M.Ag. from Auburn University.