Shannon O'Connor is the editor of College Planning & Management magazine, an award-winning publication serving the higher education market. CP&M features practitioner-based articles, topical supplements, and special reports that focus on facilities, safety and security, technology, business, and finance. She has served as the editor of CP&M since 2005, guiding the magazine to a number of industry awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASPBE) and Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI).

Prior to taking over as editor of CP&M, O'Connor was the editor of two other educational magazines, Today's Catholic Teacher and Today's School: Shared Leadership in Education. Today's Catholic Teacher, still in publication, provides Catholic schoolteachers with information and advice to help them in their classrooms. Today's School offered principals and administrators of private K-12 schools information and insight on business, finance, technology, and legal topics pertinent to their administrative duties.

Before moving into magazine publishing, O'Connor spent 14 years in editorial positions for South-Western Publishing Co., a Cincinnati-based educational publisher. South-Western's publishing legacy dates back more than a century and continues today with acclaimed titles focusing on business and economics. During her time at South-Western, O'Connor worked in editorial production, development and acquisitions for both K-12 and higher education textbooks, student supplements, teachers' guides, software, and other ancillaries on topics that included mathematics, human resources, social studies, and computer programming languages and networking.

Early in her publishing career, she worked as a newspaper reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer in her hometown of Brattleboro, VT.