Linda Shepard
CA · Chair, Capistrano Unified School District School Capacity and Consolidation Committee
Linda Shepard is a CPA and former chief financial officer of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County who has taught accounting at three universities and tutored students. Her priorities are core subjects and civics, parents' access to curriculum, and accountability for taxpayer money.
Where Linda Shepard stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Urged Mission Viejo officials to work with bicycle stores and schools on e-bike safety. Her council testimony supported safety training for young riders and parents and bicycle licensing.
April 25, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: dms.missionviejo.gov
Track record — General
General · 20 records
Received the Lincoln Club of Orange County's endorsement for Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Area 7.
October 29, 2026
Source: lincolnclub.org
Received the Republican Party of Orange County's endorsement for Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Area 7 in its official 2026 voter guide.
October 29, 2026
Source: linkjar.to
Was recommended for Capistrano Unified Trustee Area 7 in Reform California's 2026 Orange County voter guide.
October 28, 2026
Source: reformcalifornia.org
Received the California Latino Voter Alliance's endorsement for Capistrano Unified Trustee Area 7 in its 2026 Orange County voter guide.
October 20, 2026
Source: latinovoteralliance.org
Received the California Republican Assembly's endorsement for Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Area 7.
September 29, 2026
Source: cragop.org
Served as chair of Capistrano Unified's School Capacity and Consolidation Committee during its 2026–27 school-capacity review.
August 25, 2026
Source: capousd.org
Her county statement described teaching accounting and finance at three universities and teaching TK–3 children. She also reported tutoring K–8 pupils and high-school geometry students and leading a gifted-education career program. Her reported service included helping build Discovery Science Center and organizing 13 years of CUSD family math and science nights.
August 12, 2026
Source: ocvote.gov
Worked as Taco Bell's accounting director and Verizon's senior finance manager for its Los Angeles market. These roles and work at KPMG were self-reported in her county statement.
August 12, 2026
Source: ocvote.gov
Reported endorsements from Capistrano Unified trustees Judy Bullockus, Lisa Zollinger, Jennifer Adnams and Lisa Davis in her county statement.
August 12, 2026
Source: ocvote.gov
Received the Saddleback District Award of Merit in 2014 for adult Scouting service.
February 8, 2025
Source: saddleback.ocbsa.org
Co-submitted Capistrano Unified's final capacity report recommending further study of ten elementary campuses. In March, she seconded excluding sites with projected enrollment over 600; the minutes recorded agreement. In April, she voted against adding Marblehead, Kinoshita and Del Obispo; that motion passed 4–2. She moved and voted to add Clarence Lobo; her motion passed 6–0. She voted to add Wood Canyon; the motion passed 6–0. She voted to add Hidden Hills and George White; that motion passed 6–0. She voted to add Palisades; that motion passed 5–1. She voted to add Las Flores and Tijeras Creek; that motion passed 6–0. Her May edits recognized Wood Canyon's special programs and their need for lower classroom utilization. They clarified that the Las Flores study covered elementary grades and linked Tijeras Creek to the middle-school portion of Las Flores K–8. The report did not decide school closures.
May 13, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Pressed for operating costs per elementary student and enrollment figures grouped by middle school during the district's capacity review. Her earlier requests included class sizes by grade, school programs and filterable school-level data.
April 15, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Was elected co-chair of Capistrano Unified's District Advisory Committee for School Capacity Analysis. She voted for the leadership selections, which passed 5–0.
January 23, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Requested evidence on how apartment and townhome development affected enrollment in Irvine and Santa Ana school districts. She also asked for school feeder information and the special programs offered at each Capistrano Unified elementary school.
January 23, 2024
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Spoke in support of Mission Viejo's opposition to Assembly Bill 1078 during city council public comments. The council considered the bill's limits on local school boards' authority over instructional materials.
April 25, 2023
Source: dms.missionviejo.gov
Requested statewide private-school and home-school enrollment figures for 2019 through 2022 and supporting data on why families leave a school during Capistrano Unified's school-capacity review.
January 12, 2023
Source: drive.usercontent.google.com
Finished third in the Mission Viejo City Council District 1 election with 1,498 votes, behind Bob Ruesch and Deborah Cunningham-Skurnik.
November 8, 2022
Source: ocvote.gov
Was self-employed at LSC Solutions, according to her city campaign-finance disclosures.
September 29, 2022
Source: missionviejo.gov
Accepted the Pope Paul VI Catholic Unit of Excellence Award on behalf of Cub Scout Pack 714 as its committee chair at the Diocese of Orange Scouting Mass.
January 11, 2020
Source: static1.squarespace.com
Served on the final judging committee for company and organization awards in the 2013 American Business Awards while chief financial officer of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County.
June 7, 2013
Source: blog.stevieawards.com
Past race Linda Shepard ran in:
- Capistrano Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 7 · November 3, 2026 · Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Area 7