Shannon Bishop Arvin has been Keeneland’s eighth President and CEO since 2021. She began practicing law in 2002 at the Lexington firm Stoll Keenon Ogden (SKO), where she represented Thoroughbred owners and industry organizations in Kentucky and around the world. As an SKO member, in 2008 she began serving as corporate counsel to Keeneland, and she has been corporate secretary and advisory member of Keeneland’s Board of Directors since 2015.  

Arvin is Chair of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and is on the Board of Directors of Stock Yards Bancorp and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. She is a Trustee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and is President of the Board of The Lexington School. She became a member of The Jockey Club in 2019 and a Trustee of The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation in 2021. 

She has several notable links to Keeneland. Her grandfather W.T. “Bish” Bishop began working at Keeneland before the track opened in 1936 and served as General Manager until 1971. Her father, the late William T. “Buddy” Bishop III, grew up at Keeneland, living in an apartment next to the Clubhouse. Buddy Bishop’s lifelong service to Keeneland included positions as Director, Secretary, Trustee and Counsel. He was also a partner at SKO, where he and Shannon worked together at the firm until Buddy’s passing in 2008.  

Arvin has a B.A. in Political Science, International Studies, with High Honors from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2002.  

Shannon and her husband, Will, have two daughters, Bishop and McCutchen.