Shannon Skokos, a former Miss Arkansas and motivational speaker, is an attorney, author, photographer and philanthropist residing in Dallas, Texas. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas as a Governor’s Scholar, Shannon established a statewide youth motivational program, for which she was honored in the Arkansas State House and Senate. Shannon received her Juris Doctorate with high honors from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, where she served as Law Review Associate Editor.
She then practiced law for eight years in Arkansas and Colorado as a trial attorney in the area of employment and labor law, and was awarded the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Commendation for Distinguishing Achievement in the Art and Science of Advocacy. Shannon retired from the practice of law after moving to Dallas, at which point she was inspired to spend the next three years photographing and studying animals in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, and eventually published a scripturally based photographic coffee table book entitled Ask God’s Creatures: and They Will Teach You.
Shannon next traveled through Israel to photograph the location of the steps of Jesus Christ, and her work is featured in The Week that Changed the World, written by Dr. Jim Denison and Ryan Denison. Realizing the importance of giving back, Shannon and her husband founded The Ted and Shannon Skokos Foundation, which awards grants to public charities that make a positive impact on society by, among other things, advancing the arts, humanity, education, and faith.
The Skokos Foundation is a family foundation established in 2008. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that impact communities in the fields of arts, humanity, education, and faith.