Shannon McCoy has held roles in quality management over the past 30 years of her career. She is currently the Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at Organigram Global. Her focus in on the development and implementation of the Cannabis Quality and Compliance programs to support the strategic direction of Organigram and advance the companies maturity in Quality and Regulatory both in corporate direction and on the shop floor. Shannon is passionate about the critical impact that quality management systems and culture have on the overall strategic, financial and consumer success of a business.

Prior to joining Organigram, Shannon was the Vice President of Quality at HEXO and previously Director of Food Safety and Quality at Maple Leaf Foods with responsibility for development and implementation and execution of the corporate Food Safety and Quality programs across all sites in Canada and the US. Shannon has previously held roles in national business management as the Canadian Business Manager for Diagnostics with DuPont where she led the support of diagnostic technologies for rapid pathogen detection including collaboration with Health Canada, CFIA, Standards Council of Canada and USDA for method approvals. Prior to her role in Diagnostics, Shannon achieved Six Sigma Black Belt status and was a founding member of the Food Safety Risk Assessment consulting business at DuPont Canada providing consultation and collaboration with industry in North America and Europe including the development of microbial mapping techniques for environmental monitoring. She successfully brought these techniques out of the plant and onto the farm to support Salmonella reduction strategies in poultry grow out operations globally and improve animal welfare in pork farm operations in Quebec and the Netherlands.

Shannon holds a BSc from the University of Toronto in Cell and Molecular Biology. She has worked at Organigram since June 2023 and sits on the Board of Directors for the Cannabis Standards Alliance of Canada (CSAC).