Shannon Fiala received a Bachelor of Science in Resource Ecology and Management at the University of Michigan and Masters degrees in City Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) staff as Planning Manager in 2017, Ms. Fiala worked on habitat restoration planning for the Marin Municipal Water District and the Napa County Resource Conservation District; as an environmental consultant; on the Ocean Beach Master Plan at SPUR; and on cutting-edge coastal land use planning at the California Coastal Commission.