Shannon Troughton

Current

President at VoxPop Public Relations

Past

PR Week's 40 under 40 - 2008 at "40 Under 40"
Vice President, Corporate Communications at WellPoint
Director, Global Communications at GE Healthcare

Director, Global Public and Corporate Affairs at Monsanto
Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs at Fleishman-Hillard

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Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

Recommended

8 people have recommended Shannon

Connections

199 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Shannon Troughton’s Summary

Currently run public relations agency focused on enhancing the value and reputation of companies and organizations. Formerly led communications for the country’s largest health benefits company with revenue of more than $60 billion. Have provided communications support for marketing, product development, investor relations, internal, philanthropy, and diversity communications for major healthcare, device and pharma, and agriculture companies.

Shannon Troughton’s Specialties:

Executive support, media relations, public affairs, internal communications, new media, and issues and crisis management. Experience spanning corporate, agency and government environments.

Shannon Troughton’s Experience

President

VoxPop Public Relations

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

VoxPop Public Relations is a strategic public relations agency that helps companies and organizations accelerate their growth, profitability, reputation and market presence through media relations, product launches, new media, events & promotions, messaging and media training, trade show support, and issues management.
PR Week's 40 under 40 - 2008

"40 Under 40"

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year )
Vice President, Corporate Communications

WellPoint

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WLP; Insurance industry)

December 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 1 month)

Led communications team for the country’s largest health benefits company with revenue of more than $60 billion and provided communications support for the country’s highest ranking female chief executive officer. Responsible for communications for externally facing businesses, state plans (14 states), as well as enterprise-wide media relations, including investor relations.
Director, Global Communications

GE Healthcare

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Medical Devices industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years )

Lead ten-member communication team for $14 billion healthcare (medical diagnostics and devices) business within General Electric, a Fortune 100 company
Director, Global Public and Corporate Affairs

Monsanto

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MON; Biotechnology industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

Provided corporate communications strategy and support for Fortune 500 life sciences and agricultural company.
Vice President, Corporate and Public Affairs

Fleishman-Hillard

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMC; Public Relations and Communications industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )

Directed seven-member team that identified and managed issues and crises for clients, including Monsanto Company, BP Amoco, Bayer Corporation, Firestone, McDonald’s, Applebee’s, Purdue Pharma, Osco, BASF, and Hallmark, Inc.

Shannon Troughton’s Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Shannon Troughton’s Groups:

Arthur Page

Mizzou Alumni
START UP GROUP
Mizzou Alums
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Professionals Worldwide Network - www.PharmaWorldNet.com
Start-Up Phase Forum
Smaller Indiana
GE Healthcare Alumni
General Electric Alumni
Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+)
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Public Relations Professionals
Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
Social Media Marketing
Network of PR Professionals
PR Professionals
Corporate Communications Executive Network
Medical Devices Group
Public Relations and Communications Professionals
Club Ex-Monsanto
Health Executives Network
Fleishman-Hillard Employees and Alumni
US Healthcare Insurance
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