Mark is the co-founder and chief technology officer at the fintech startup Taffrail, which provides automated digital advice to banks and brokerages. Throughout his career he has worked at Fortune 500 companies, startups, and for the U.S. Navy as a web designer in the Space and Warfare Command. Mark has worked on some of the Internet’s most-trafficked websites including The New York Times, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, and CNN. His experience includes co-creating an innovation lab inside a global financial services firm to foster experimentation and test progressive new user experiences. Mark’s desire for creating things has roots at home. His father, a dedicated craftsman and woodworker, taught Mark and his brother at a young age how to measure twice and cut once, how to safely use a radial arm saw, and how to straighten nails. When his laptop his closed, you’ll find Mark working alongside his wife on home renovations or assisting his oldest child, Ben, in the woodshop. It was Ben, after all, through his countless classes at SCS, that introduced Mark to the Craft School. Mark lives in Shelburne with his wife of nearly 20 years, Jude, and their three children. In addition to his role on the Craft School Board, he volunteers as a youth lacrosse coach and as a firefighter with the Shelburne Fire Department.

Stephen is one half of the architecture team of Selin + Selin Architecture. He believes that making art and craft is a vital part of creating a whole person.

Andrew Everett has lived in Shelburne since 2011 and during that time has been very involved in local organizations. In addition to his role as a board member at the Craft School, Andrew is the co-President of Shelburne Youth Lacrosse, he is also President on the board for Northern Vermont Youth Lacrosse League. He previously served as the President of the Boulder Hill Homeowners Association. He has also served on the Shelburne Planning Commission, and was recently named to the Bike & Pedestrian Paths Committee. Andrew has a varied professional background, having spent time as a teacher, coach, and school administrator at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT and Seattle Academy in Seattle, WA; an executive at a variety of technology startups in Seattle, including Starwave, Esurg, and Expedia; as well as briefly as a land planner. Most recently Andrew served as Director of Endeavour Middle School in Shelburne, and taught middle school at Vermont Day School. Andrew is a graduate of Williams College and did Masters work at Wesleyan University. He currently serves as a Head Class Agent for his class at Williams. Andrew and his wife, Elise, who is a gynecologic oncologist at UVM Medical Center, have two children who first introduced him to The Shelburne Craft School.