Jo Ann Shepherd
Board Member (District 4)
Mrs. JoAnn Shepherd served on the Sequatchie County Board of Education from 2002 to 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. She is a Sequatchie County High School graduate with 12 years of perfect attendance. She has achieved Level 5 with the Tennessee School Board Association. She has served on the Sequatchie-Dunlap Chamber board for 6 years with 1 year as President. She is presently employed at SETHRA as a Financial Reporting Specialist. Mrs. Shepherd has been married to Bobby Frank Shepherd for 40 years and together they have 2 sons, J.R. and Frank. J.R. currently works as a Mechanical Engineer and Frank is a High School History teacher and the head basketball coach for the middle school. Mrs. Shepherd is also a member of the Dunlap United Methodist Church where she serves on the PPR committee and was Chairman of the Nurture committee at one time. She has worked as a mentor in the Tennessee Promise program, was a judge for TSBA on the student recognition award, a group leader in the SCOPE program, served many times as a delegate at the annual convention in Nashville, and assisted with Give- A- Kid a Chance program.
"My passion and vision for serving on the school board is ALL about the kids and making their future brighter. It is to make Sequatchie County School System one of the BEST in the State of TN and to make our community PROUD of our students."