Shannon Alpert, EdD, PMP, is an Associate Teaching Professor in the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. She is also the Program Lead for the Master of Science in Project Management and the Academic Director for the Lab for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Before joining Northeastern in 2015, she managed projects, programs, and portfolios in the telecommunications and financial services industries. She also consulted with K-8 and higher education organizations on project and portfolio management as well as fundraising.
Shannon has undergraduate (English/secondary education) and master’s (instructional technology) degrees from Georgia State University in Atlanta and certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Green Belt, and Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM). She earned her doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.