Bureau of Business and Economic Research

Shannon Furniss
Shannon Furniss directs the Bureau’s print and Web-based communications, managing editorial content, graphic design, and production of a variety of publications which have received prestigious national awards.  Creative content, well written articles about pressing issues, and innovative graphic design have brought recognition and increased visibility to the Bureau.

Under her leadership, the Bureau has won several prestigious national awards from the Association for University Business and Economic Research, a professional association consisting of 100 leading university-based economic research centers.  In 2011, the Bureau won three awards of Excellence in Publications for the Montana Business Quarterly, the Montana Kids Count Annual Data Book, and The Montana Manufacturers Survey.

Ms. Furniss has worked collaboratively with a Web team on developing and designing the Bureau’s site and creating interactive marketing techniques to increase visitor traffic. She has a degree in journalism from The University of Montana.