Shannon Coull, CFRE

SShannon is the Executive Director of the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation. In addition to ensuring the County hospital is equipped with the medical equipment it needs on an annual basis, Shannon is overseeing a $27M fundraising campaign which will result in a new hospital for Prince Edward County.

Before starting her role with PECMHF in 2018, Shannon was the Director of Leadership Philanthropy for the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation and helped the Foundation to secure over $67M toward the Extraordinary People, Innovative Health Care campaign.

Shannon received her Certified Fund Raising Executive designation in 2016 and is the Past President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Southeastern Ontario.

Shannon's career as a fundraiser began in 1986 when she started working in the arts with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection before moving on to work at the Royal Ontario Museum, where she focused on Corporate and Foundation Relations.  

Shannon and her young family moved to Prince Edward County in 2008, when she was retained by Queen's University to help fundraise for the Faculty of Health Sciences. Shannon played a significant role in securing funds to help build their new $77M School of Medicine Building. 

In her spare time, Shannon enjoys staying active with her family by participating in sports such as sailing, paddle boarding, cross country, downhill skiing and hiking as much as possible.