| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Shannon Watts |
| Mother / Mom | Not Known |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | As of 2025, she is around 53 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 5 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
| Where was Shannon Watts born? | Shannon Watts was born in Rochester, New York, United States |
Wikipedia Bio / Profile Background
Introduction :
A strong woman in her fifties & a mother of five children, Shannon Watts, is the leading face of American organizations working towards ending gun violence in the country after the tragic Sandy Hook School shooting incident in Connecticut.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- After working for many years in the corporate world, Shannon since 2008, stays at home taking care of five children i.e. two step-daughters (32 & 27 years old), two daughters (26 & 25 years old) & a son (21 years old) (ages as of 2023).
- After completing her high school, Shannon joined the University of Missouri-Columbia. There, she studied for five years from 1989 to 1994.
Career Prior to Being Stay at Home Mom :
- Fresh from her graduation, Shannon got the opportunity to work as Public Affairs Officer at the Missouri State Government in Jefferson City. She worked there for four years engaging in the Missouri Department of Economic Development & working under the administration of Governor Mel Carnahan.
- In 1998, she switched to Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, Missouri, as a Vice President for the company’s Corporate and Public Affairs. There, she directed 7 members team to identify and manage issues and crises for prestigious clients.
- after three years at Hillard, she joined the agrochemical company Monsanto (in St. Louis as well) as Director of its Global Public & Corporate Affairs. She was responsible for providing corporate communication strategy and support to Fortune 500 life sciences and agricultural companies.
- In 2004, she joined General Electric (GE) Healthcare for two years as the Director of Global Communications. She led a 10-member communications team for $14 billion worth of healthcare business within the company.
- From Dec. 2005 to Dec. 2008, she moved to Indianapolis to work as Vice President, Corporate Communications for WellPoint.
- Till 2012, Watts worked as Freelance Senior Consultant for her former company Fleishman-Hillard & later became a stay-at-home mom.
Activities to end Gun Violence :
- In 2012, a tragic incident took place at the Sandy Hook School in Connecticut, which shook the country. An armed man had been involved in a shooting incident that killed many school-going children. Shannon, being a mom to five children herself, became increasingly concerned about the incident & took it head-on to found an organization named ‘MOMS Demand Action for Gun Sense in America’.
- The organization’s main aim is to bring about stronger solutions to loose gun laws and various loopholes associated with US laws. Since its establishment, it has created a subsidiary unit in almost every state of America. It is also a part of ‘Verytown for Gun Safety’ and ‘Mayors against Illegal Guns’.
- In June, 2015, she joined the Advisory Committee of ‘Women’s Coalition for Common Sense’ & then a year later joined the board of ‘Emerge America’.
- In 2017, she joined the grassroots and community-based progressive organization ‘Rise to Run’ in the capacity of Board Director.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Apart from her active fight against gun violence, Shannon served as an Executive board member of ‘The Cure,’ Indianapolis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for a period of 11 months in the year 2010. The organization mainly dealt in philanthropic activities related to children health in general.
- Her recent organization Rise to Run engages in training high school girls and college aged women to run for the office.
- Women’s Coalition for Common Sense is led by her friend, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Health Update :
- Shannon Watts Illness / Sick : She has no major illness or sickness to date and seems to be in good health.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Shannon Watts Measurements :
- Eye Color : Blue
- Haircut / Hair Color : Brown
- How tall / Height : No confirmed information is available.
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
- Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.
Dan, thank you for your service
But everyone has a right to bare arms to defend their rights to live and be protected by the constitution of the U. S. Here I believe the differences begin. I me myself and I that if the government has a slingshot I have the constitutional right to have two if I want
Ken…as a combat veteran, we all need to get real. There is absolutely no reason why anyone in this great country of ours needs to bear arms by owning a military grade, semi-automatic or modified weapon (of war) other than the military or law enforcement.
Mrs. Watts is not attacking the 2nd Amendment, but only asking that we have “common sense” rules for safe firearm use. Let’s give her a break.
You are a moron and will not touch my firearms. Your opinion means nothing to my freedom.
Dan, as a former military man as you self identified, you would know that there are 0 military grade weapons available on the streets. Maybe they look like them, but are far from their capabilities. Now to citizens owning them, yes there is a reason. Perhaps a close look at the year 1776.Our own military were actively working on behalf of the government to oppress us and the militia (citizens) grabbed their guns and took it to fight for freedom. In doing so we ended up winning and forming our great country we see today. And the 2nd Amendment is very clear about its purpose of if this shall repeat itself again, the militia (citizens) will have a fight against bigger military acting upon the government. So I will have to assume, based on evidence, that you are either A. ) not a former combat veteran B. ) extremely ignorant on US History C. ) really wished the Brits would’ve have won