Deborah P. Moore
Deborah P. Moore is the executive editor and publisher of School Planning & Management (SP&M) and College Planning & Management (CP&M) magazines, award-winning publications serving the K-12 and higher-education market. As a 17-year member of the SP&M and CP&M team, Deb provides leadership and serves as a spokesperson for SP&M, CP&M, and the educational facilities industry. She has written extensively and presents to numerous groups on the impact of facilities on learning.
Prior to joining the magazines in 1999, Moore spent 20 years as director of operations for the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI). During her time there, she served as editor of The Guide for Planning Educational Facilities, The Guide for School Facility Appraisal, and the CEFPI Journal/Educational Facility Planner; she also wrote Reflections: The History of the Council 1980-2000.
Always an advocate for quality educational environments, Moore has worked with the National Governors Association (NGA), The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and The Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) in developing the national agenda on educational facilities. She has also served as Arizona site coordinator for the U.S. Department of Education's Forums on School Construction and Modernization, as industry liaison coordinator for the U.S. Department of Education's National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, and as a course instructor for the University of California Riverside extension program – The Facility Implications of Implementing Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom.
Moore has also participated in the National Academy of Science's K-12 task force on building infrastructure and the constructed environment, the American Architectural Foundation's task force on architecture and the human experience, the third-annual China-U.S. Conference on Education Building Partnerships for the New Millennium, and the American Architectural Foundation and KnowledgeWorks Foundation Great Schools by Design national summit on school design. She has served as president of CEFPI-SW and as a board member for the Education Market Association (formerly NSSEA); on numerous committees, including the ASBO School Facilities Committee; and as a judge for many design competitions, including the Arizona governor's Achievement Awards for Innovative School Design.
In 2013, Moore was named a fellow by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International.
Shannon O'Connor
Shannon O'Connor is the editor of College Planning & Management magazine, an award-winning publication serving the higher education market. CP&M features practitioner-based articles, topical supplements, and special reports that focus on facilities, safety and security, technology, business, and finance. She has served as the editor of CP&M since 2005, guiding the magazine to a number of industry awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASPBE) and Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI).
Prior to taking over as editor of CP&M, O'Connor was the editor of two other educational magazines, Today's Catholic Teacher and Today's School: Shared Leadership in Education. Today's Catholic Teacher, still in publication, provides Catholic schoolteachers with information and advice to help them in their classrooms. Today's School offered principals and administrators of private K-12 schools information and insight on business, finance, technology, and legal topics pertinent to their administrative duties.
Before moving into magazine publishing, O'Connor spent 14 years in editorial positions for South-Western Publishing Co., a Cincinnati-based educational publisher. South-Western's publishing legacy dates back more than a century and continues today with acclaimed titles focusing on business and economics. During her time at South-Western, O'Connor worked in editorial production, development and acquisitions for both K-12 and higher education textbooks, student supplements, teachers' guides, software, and other ancillaries on topics that included mathematics, human resources, social studies, and computer programming languages and networking.
Early in her publishing career, she worked as a newspaper reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer in her hometown of Brattleboro, VT.