Shawn Daugherty

Principal

Shawn promotes digital equity through partnerships with governments, organizations, and the communities they serve.

Shawn is a Principal in the Digital Opportunity practice. Through her work with local and state governments, she strives to ensure that the plans and policies HR&A develops reflect the genuine needs of the communities we serve.

Shawn leads the digital equity work for the California Department of Technology Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy. In this role she led the development of the State’s Digital Equity Plan funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. She also supported the state in securing $70M in funding to implement that state’s plan.

Prior to  joining HR&A, Shawn led Government Relations for Human-I-T, a digital equity social enterprise where she managed engagement with federal, state, and municipal governments. While with Human-I-T, she successfully secured a contract to provide up to 3500 devices to low-income families in Los Angeles County and three CPUC CASF grants.. She also worked to secure passage of the COVS Act (2022) in Congress.  Shawn was also the Director of Operations for SPARCwhere she doubled its annual revenue and grew  its membership by 20%. She also worked as a Senior Policy Associate at The Sheridan Group, a nonprofit public policy consultancy. She started her political career working for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Shawn holds a Master of Public Administration from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.