About Us
Mark Shepherd, Chair and Founding Member
Mark Shepherd is the owner of Shepherd Financial Partners, a full-service pension 401(k) advisory firm that also provides comprehensive wealth management services. Previously, Mark worked as a Tax Accountant at KPMG (Peat Marwick) and IDS American Express, where he managed 401(k) plans and employed innovative strategies to implement the best solution for each of the Plan Sponsors and their participants. Shepherd Financial Partners is a leader in their industry and Mark is regularly invited to speak at national and worldwide conferences, discussing such issues as fiduciary best practices, managing and building legacy assets and ethics within the financial services industry.
Mark’s involvement with adaptive skiing started over 30 years ago when a friend was injured, losing the use of her legs. She was determined to continue skiing, but there were very few resources to help get her back on the slopes. They finally found a program in Colorado but at that time, there was nothing in New England. Within the next few years, Mark became one of the founding volunteers of AbilityPLUS, Inc., Now MWVAS, and adaptive skiing and recreation has been a huge part of his life ever since.
Jon Erickson
Jon is the Chief Technologist of InsuraMatch, a national, online insurance brokerage. Before joining InsuraMatch, he co-founded several companies: Apliant, a technology service for insurance agencies; and Parlerai, a collaboration service for children having special needs.
Prior to that, Jon’s technology career included several leadership roles. He was head of systems engineering in the mid 90’s and helped build Fidelity.com, one of the largest online brokerage systems in the world. He was the chief network architect of Fidelity Investments’ global network infrastructure. He was a venture partner of Fidelity’s private equity investment group, Fidelity Ventures focusing on enterprise technology. He also served as CTO of COLT Telecom’s European Internet business.
When not working, Jon is active volunteer. In addition to his work with MWVAS, he is a board director of: the PURA Syndrome Foundation, a global non-profit organization whose mission is to serve, educate and fund research for families coping with the effects of PURA syndrome; and Friends of Tuckerman Ravine, partnering with the US Forest Service preserving the slopes of Mount Washington.
Jon and his wife Kristin, son Grant, and daughter Karly, reside in Scituate, Massachusetts and enjoy summers at their camp in Maine and winters in the mountains of New England.
Mik Oyler
Mik Oyler is the Chief Operating Officer for Shortridge Academy, an innovative therapeutic boarding school in Milton, NH for students with social, emotional, and educational challenges. For three years prior to Shortridge, Mik was the Director of the Wediko Summer Program, a renowned therapeutic summer camp and residential treatment program in New Hampshire, as well as eight years at Summit Achievement – a premier wilderness treatment program in Maine, where he served as a Field Guide, Program Director, and Executive Director.
Mik double majored in Sports and Fitness Management and Business Administration at the University of New England and received his Masters of Education in Psychology from Springfield College, including a two year internship as Counselor for the Western Massachusetts Wild Wheels Wheelchair Soccer team. His inspiring experience working with athletes with disabilities lead Mik to become a MWVAS (Formerly, AbilityPLUS) volunteer in 2011. He quickly fell in love with the volunteer work as well as with another volunteer, Katelin, whom he married in 2013.
Mik and Katelin live in North Conway, NH with their little girl, Brinn, and continue as MWVAS volunteer instructors most winter weekends.
Lisa McCoy
Lisa McCoy moved to the Mt. Washington Valley in 2017 with many years of events experience. She is co-owner of the International Mountain Climbing School with her husband and long-time guide, Paul, and currently serves as Race Director for the Mt. Washington Auto Road and Great Glen Trails. Lisa is active in the community, and sits on the board of the Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce, Eastern Slope Ski Club, and also supports Tin Mountain Conservation Center with fundraising events. Lisa is enthusiastic about creating connections that develop into long term relationships. She is an avid skier, climber, and mountain biker, and aspiring farmer.
Olivier Roguet
Olivier's accomplished career in financial analysis has included work as a project manager, organizational manager and business analyst. He began with MWVAS as an athlete in our adaptive ski program. Olivier lives in the Mount Washington Valley with his wife and two children. He enjoys skiing, hiking, cycling and other outdoor recreational pursuits.
Tom Doucette
Tom served as Senior Vice President, Global Director of Facilities Management for FactSet Research Systems Inc., an International Financial Services organization. Tom brings operational expertise to support the organization with the execution of both tactical and strategic planning efforts.