Candidate for
Board Member; Coronado Unified School District

Bruce Shepherd Background Information

Family

I moved to Coronado with my wife Susan and kids Nick, Scott and Sandy in 1994; my son Jake was born in 1995. We moved here in large part because we wanted our kids to attend Coronado schools. All four of our children have been raised through Coronado's schools - Nick, Scott and Sandy graduated from CHS (in 2005, 2007 and 2009, respectively), and Jake is a sophomore at CHS this fall. We value the excellent educations that our children have received through Coronado's public schools.

Education

I grew up in Northern California attending public schools (I graduated from Burlingame High School in 1975). I attended Harvard for college, graduating in 1979 with a degree in economics. After working for a year in the California State Senate in Sacramento, I went to law school and business school, graduating from UC Berkeley in 1983 with a JD and an MBA.

Work Experience

I have practiced law in San Diego at the firm of Latham & Watkins since 1984. I am a partner in the firm's Finance Department and my practice focuses on real estate development and related financial matters. For example, I represented the Padres on a number of matters pertaining to the development of Petco Park, and I also have worked on a number of retail, office and hospitality projects around San Diego and the Southwest.

For the last 10 years, I have served as the managing partner of my law firm's San Diego office. In this role, I have managed a business with roughly 250 employees (akin to the size of the Coronado Unified School District).

Community Involvement

• I have served two terms on the Coronado school board - from 1998 to 2002, and again from 2006 to 2010. I currently serve as Board President.
• Between stints on the school board, I served a few years on the board of the Coronado Schools Foundation.
• In 2005, I played a leading role in the committee that brought field turf to the high school and middle school fields.
• I coached 13 years of Coronado Little League (through which I probably amassed more losses than any coach in CLL history!)
• Outside of Coronado, I have been active in the San Diego Big Brothers organization (I recently stepped down after 19 years on the board) and the Century Club, and I am a member of the Board of Directors for the San Diego Economic Development Corporation.