Shannon Banks is COO at the MaineHealth ACO in Portland, Maine. MHACO has a network of more than 2000 providers, 11 hospitals, 300 practice locations, and serves 250,000 patients in Maine in 15 value-based contracts with both governmental and commercial payors.
Prior to joining MaineHealth in 2020, Shannon served as principal at BanksBellwether, consulting to health care and social service organizations, providing strategic planning and organization development. She has held senior leadership roles at Martin’s Point Health Care and Central Maine Health Care. Her experience includes strategy development and execution, measurement systems, care variation reduction, change management, and healthcare operations. Shannon also teaches at Bates College and the University of Southern Maine.
Shannon holds an M.S. in Organization and Management from Antioch University and a B.A. from Bates College. She lives in Harpswell Maine. She serves on the Board of Directors of the MidCoast Hunger Prevention Program which serves more than one million meals annually to those experiencing food insecurity.
