John Shepherd

John has been the CFO for Rise Up since 2022. He has an extensive career as an entrepreneur in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors and founded several small businesses in Portland, Oregon focused on providing accounting and technology services. John has worked at the executive level of several faith-based, social service non-profits and was a founding board member and COO of an innovative charter school in Colorado Springs that taught entrepreneurship to high school students.

John has a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education and a Master of Arts in Global Development and Justice from Multnomah University in Portland, OR. John, his wife Joni, and six of their 14 grandchildren reside in Colorado Springs. John and Joni enjoy riding their motorcycles and camping in the Rocky Mountains and traveling to visit their kids and grands in the Northwest.