Nancy Shepherd

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{distinguish|Nancy Sheppard}}

{{Orphan|date=November 2021}}

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| name = Nancy Shepherd

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| order = Mayor of Palo Alto

| term_start = January 2014

| term_end = January 2015

| deputy = Liz Kniss

| predecessor = Gregory Scharff

| successor = Karen Holman

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California

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| party = Independent

| spouse = Mark R. Shepherd

| alma_mater = San Francisco State University

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Nancy Shepherd was a Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, California. She was elected to office by the Palo Alto City Council on 6 January 2014,{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Jason|title=Nancy Shepherd named mayor of Palo Alto|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24859510/nancy-shepherd-named-mayor-palo-alto|accessdate=30 July 2014|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=7 January 2014}} and replaced by fellow councilwoman Karen Holman on 5 January 2016.{{ cite news |last1=Green|first1=Jason |title=Palo Alto: Holman named mayor |date=8 January 2015 |newspaper=Daily News |url=http://www.thereporter.com/general-news/20150108/palo-alto-holman-named-mayor |accessdate=29 January 2016}}

Shepherd was born in San Francisco, California in 1954. She attended college at the San Francisco State University, graduating with a master's degree in international relations. Shepherd was elected to the Palo Alto City Council in 2010, serving as councilwoman until being appointed mayor.{{cite web|title=About Nancy Shepherd|url=http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/cou/meet/nshepherd.asp|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140217030927/http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/cou/meet/nshepherd.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2014|website=Palo Alto City Council|publisher=City of Palo Alto|accessdate=30 July 2014}}