Meet the Board

Ron is a longtime Butte resident. He graduated from Butte Central High School and has a BA from Carroll College, Helena, MT. Ron and his wife, Mary, are the owner/operators of Shepperd’s Candies Inc., in Butte. They have one son, who is also a proud Maroon and Saint. Ron fondly remembers being on the Emerson school playground, watching Our Lady ascend up the East Ridge in 1985. Ron has been on the Our Lady of the Rockies board since 2000. He has served as Vice-President and as President beginning in 2025.