Shauna McConnell | Partner & Director of Accounting and Administration | Dow Smith Company | Smyrna, Tennessee

Shauna McConnell 
Chief Financial Officer
Shauna.McConnell@dowsmith.com

Shauna grew up in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. She graduated from The University of Tennessee at Martin in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. She majored in Economics with a concentration in Finance. 

As Chief Financial Officer, Shauna manages all aspects of DSC’s financials, administrative tasks, and human resources. The entire DSC team is dependent upon Shauna and so are our employees, vendors, subcontractors, and clients.

She has lived in Rutherford County for 20 years and has worked in the construction industry since 2000. Before joining DSC in 2012, she worked for a construction firm in Nashville. She became a partner at Dow Smith Company in 2019.

Shauna and her husband, Tony, have three children–Emma, Jessica, and Andrew. Her family attends LifePoint Church in Smyrna.

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