Shanna Draheim
Director of Policy Research Labs 
Michigan Municipal League

In her role as Director of the Policy Research Labs department at the Michigan Municipal League, Shanna spends her time helping members solve problems, reading and writing about interesting community development practices, and generally trying to make Michigan a place where people thrive. She’s a glass half-full kind of person and loudest, fastest talker in the office. Before joining the League, she spent over a decade working on state, federal, and international environmental programs, until she realized her true love was all the good stuff happening at the local level. Shanna served a term on the East Lansing City Council, where she gained first-hand experience of the challenges our members face. When she’s not working, she loves traveling with her husband, son, and twin daughters, riding her bike, snuggling with her pitbull pups, and bingeing the latest streaming series her colleagues recommend.