Cyndie Shepard Biography

Cyndie Shepard

Cyndie Shepard served as director and founder of the Phuture Phoenix Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The award-winning program, launched in 2003, encourages students to graduate from high school and move on to higher education. It does so by bringing students from at-risk schools to the UW-Green Bay campus as fifth graders and by providing positive role models. Cyndie is the wife of Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard.

Cyndie has been an instructor in Education and Theatre programs at UW-Green Bay. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from California State University, Fullerton, and a master's degree in psychology from Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. She has extensive administrative and teaching experience in education and special education. Cyndie also has a background as a dancer and teacher of dance.

In addition to her work with Phuture Phoenix at UW-Green Bay, she was involved with the UW-Green Bay Capital Campaign and with the University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. She also volunteered her time and energy to the Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization, United Way, Scholarships Inc., St. Mary's Hospital and ASPIRO.