Shan Cooper

Shan Cooper is the Chief Executive Officer of Journey Forward Strategies. She is the former Executive Director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a coalition of leading CEOs focused on critical economic development issues for the City of Atlanta. Prior to this, she served as Chief Transformation Officer of WestRock Company, a paper and packaging solutions company. She is also the former Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company where she led manufacturing operations in Georgia, Mississippi, and West Virginia. During her tenure at Lockheed Martin, she also served as Vice President of Human Resources and Vice President of Business Ethics. Shan currently serves on the corporate Board of Directors for Intercontinental Exchange, Southern Company, and SouthState Corporation. Shan was recently inducted into the 2024 JA Atlanta Business Hall of Fame.