Shannon Stewart, Ph.D. is a quantitative analyst, researcher, and practitioner at the intersection of global supply chains, human rights, and artificial intelligence. With over a decade of experience building AI-enabled risk models, designing data strategy, and translating complex datasets into actionable insights, Shannon helps organizations understand and address forced labor, sanctions exposure, and human rights risks in their supply chains.

Shannon has served as Principal Research Scientist at Altana, where she led the company's technical approach to identifying forced labor risk across a global supply chain knowledge graph, and as Senior Data Scientist at the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, where she developed FLARE—an award-winning AI tool for supplier-level forced labor risk estimation.

Her consulting practice draws on deep expertise in human rights due diligence (UNGPs, OECD Guidelines), supply chain data analysis, regulatory compliance (UFLPA, CSDDD, and related frameworks), and the responsible deployment of AI for social impact. Shannon works with legal, compliance, and sourcing teams to prioritize risks, design mitigation strategies, and measure outcomes.

Named one of Reuters' Trailblazing Women in Supply Chain (2025) and Women Who Code's 100 Technologists to Watch (2023), Shannon brings both technical rigor and a deep commitment to ending forced labor to every engagement.

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