Background
Mark Shepard was born on September 12, 1960 in Windsor, Vermont and grew up in the neighboring town of Hartland.
Mark Shepard was born on September 12, 1960 in Windsor, Vermont and grew up in the neighboring town of Hartland.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
After graduating from Hartford High School in 1978, he went on to earn a Journeyman Electrician License (1982), a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Florida (1986), and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1994). He is the owner and operator of an industrial control and test systems engineering business, which he founded in 1993. In 2002, Shepard was elected to the Vermont Senate.
He was reelected in 2004.
Shepard ran for the 2006 Republican nomination for Vermont"s at-large United States House of Representatives seat. On September 12, 2006 he was defeated by Martha Rainville in the Republican primary.