O'Shannon Burns

Founder, Aurora Collective and Program Director, Cornell University

O’Shannon Burns is a researcher and regenerative practitioner focused on enabling collective action, systems transformation, well-being-aligned economies, and ecosystems of entrepreneurship.

Her work is often at the intersection of climate action, environmental justice, conservation, and sustainable travel and tourism. O’Shannon conducts applied research as part of Cornell University’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, and has facilitated projects on regenerating finance, healthcare, housing and business.

She is part of Regenerative Travel where she focuses on embedding regenerative principles into tourism entrepreneurship, and Aurora Collective where she supports women leaders and place-based collective climate action.