Thomas M. Shannon
President, Enshallah Inc.
President, Stanford Business School Alumni Association
Tom Shannon is president of Enshallah Inc., a real estate development, consulting, and
brokerage firm headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Enshallah’s consulting services
focus on creating and implementing asset management programs for public-sector clients
seeking new strategies to manage their underperforming real estate. In addition, Enshallah
brokers public and private land transactions and develops real estate through private
partnerships. Upon graduation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1982,
Mr. Shannon, along with three other partners, founded Enshallah Inc. Prior to that time
he worked as controller for Gulf Oil Realty Company, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil, and
immediately after college he was a CPA with Price Waterhouse & Co. in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Shannon currently serves as president of the Stanford Business School Alumni
Association. He also is a member of the Business School Fund Council. He currently serves
as a trustee on the board of Marketocracy Funds. Previously, he served on the boards of
Stanford Alumni Consulting Team, Ecumenical Hunger Program in East Palo Alto, Stanford
San Jose Club, San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and the Walden West Foundation.
Mr. Shannon holds a BS from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Stanford
Graduate School of Business.
His main pastimes center on getting his golf index below 10, skiing, and exploring Yosemite. 8.