Biography
Mark Scheffel earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Denver in 1982, then later a J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1987 and an LL.M. in tax law from the New York University School of Law in 1998. A practicing business and tax attorney since 1989, he has worked as an attorney for his own firm, Reid and Scheffel, since 1993. In 2003 he was named Elbert County Attorney, a post that he held through 2008.
Active in the Douglas County Republican Party, he has served as a precinct committeeperson, district captain, chaired the Douglas County Republican GOTV effort and the bylaws committee of the Colorado Republican Party, and was chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party for two terms, from 2004 to 2007.
Scheffel has also served on the board of the Skycliff Stroke Center and on the citizen advisory board for The Wildlife Experience. He was a founding incorporator and charter director of Champion Bank. Scheffel and his wife Cheri reside with their four children in Parker, Colorado.
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