Joan Powers Shanks

Background

Shanks, Joan Powers was born on February 24, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Patrick and Ellen (Cashin) Powers.

Education

Student, Boston University, 1955-1957; student, University Florence, Italy, 1960-1961.

Career

Advertising public affairs manager Electronics division, Laboratory for Financial Engineering Corporation, Boston, 1967-1969; public affairs representative, Laboratory for Financial Engineering Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1969-1971; public affairs representative, GTE Sylvania, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1971-1972; program manager, GTE Sylvania, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1972-1973; marketing representative, GTE Sylvania, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1973-1975; marketing manager United States region, GTE Sylvania, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; business promotions manager, GTE Sylvania, Needham, Massachusetts, 1976-1979; internal committee manager, GTE, Stamford, Connecticut, 1980-1989; senior editor, GTE, Stamford, Connecticut, 1989-1994; principal, Arts & Letters, Stamford, Connecticut, since 1994.

Achievements

• Joan Powers Shanks has been listed as a noteworthy Communications consulting firm executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Travel, cuisine, writing, reading, art collecting.

Connections

Married J. Nelson Shanks, January 28, 1960 (divorced June 1967). Children: Jennifer Kaelah, Renee Elizabeth.

Father:

Patrick Powers

Mother:

Ellen (Cashin) Powers

Spouse:

J. Nelson Shanks

child:

Jennifer Kaelah Shanks

child:

Renee Elizabeth Shanks