Shannon Wynne, Vice Chairman has been in the restaurant business since 1980, having built such innovative Dallas concepts as 8.0 Bar, Nostromo, The Rio Room, Tango, Rocco Oyster Bar, the Fast and Cool Club and others. Shannon is the President of Eight-O Management, LLC, Flying Fish, LLC, and Moth Management, LLC which currently owns and operates five concepts with 31 units in six states, including the Flying Fish, the Flying Saucer, Meddlesome Moth, Miriam Cocina Latina and Rodeo Goat. Shannon graduated from Trinity University with a degree in Biology.

He is currently on the Board of Directors for Dallas 24 Hour Club and The Dallas Historical Society. He has also served on the boards of The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, North Texas Food Bank and KERA among other non-profit organizations. Shannon has a passion for The 24 because "There are very few places in the metroplex that offer the same kind of recovery opportunity that The 24 offers, coupled with a strong level of oversight and required resident responsibility. "

Shannon met his wife Kimberly 23 years ago, is the proud father of six children, grandfather of three and is a fifth generation Texan. He is an avid fly fisherman, art collector and chicken farmer.