Shannon Kenyon is the manager for the NW Kansas Groundwater Management District #4 (GMD 4)in Colby, Kansas. She has been working with Kansas water rights and conservation for 19 years with both the Kansas Division of Water Resources and GMD 4. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education, a Master’s degree in Geoscience, and Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and Administration.
Outside of work she spends time on the farm and cattle ranch where she and her husband live in Bogue, Kansas. Much of that time is spent sharing the farming and ranching life with their ten grandkids.