About Me

Shannon Faulk is currently the President of the Board of Trustees and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles County Family of Museums.

He was appointed to the Board of Governors and Trustees in 2008 representing the 2nd District by Board Supervisor Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke then reappointed by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. The family of museums includes the National History Museum, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and the William S. Hart Museum. Additionally, he serves on the Public Affairs Committee and Strategic Planning task forces. In 2017, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors over the Family of Museums.

Faulk worked in Executive Sales Management and Development with Pitney Bowes Corporation for ten years. He was then recruited to serve as the National Corporate Development Manager for an internet based company where he developed the National Corporate Sales Enterprise Division. Faulk went on to establish his own independent insurance agency through Farmers Corporation where he focuses on urban development by providing insurance and financial services products to urban based community businesses and the private industry.

Faulk is a compassionate and committed community servant who firmly believes in building a strong community and serves on the board of several non-profit organizations including: Director of the Guide Right Mentorship Program for his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Western Province Council serving the Western States, Hawaii, Korea and Japan and on the Board of Los Angeles Alumni Chapter; Southern California Region Lay leader and General Board Member for the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; 62nd Assembly Delegate at the California State Democratic Convention in 2016. In addition, Faulk was a founding member of the Young Professional Coalition, an inner-city based youth mentorship and tutoring program in Atlanta, Georgia.

Faulk was born and raised in Berkeley, California during the height of the civil and political unrest of the late 1960s and early 70s where he went on to earn his B.A. in Business Administration and Marketing from California State University, San Francisco and his MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurial studies from a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Clark Atlanta University Graduate School of Business. Faulk is married to Dionne Faulk, who was elected in 2017 to the Inglewood Unified School District Governing Board, Representing Seat 1 and they have two sons.