MEET THE TEAM
Passionately Committed to Your Financial Success.
When you partner with Shepherd Financial Group, you’re joining more than a team—you’re joining a mission. We believe business is a calling, stewardship is a responsibility, and every decision should be guided by integrity.
Our team brings together diverse expertise with a shared purpose: to serve you faithfully, preserve what you’ve built, protect your resources, and help you prosper. We approach every client relationship as a partnership, working side-by-side to bring clarity to your numbers and confidence to your decisions.
Rooted in our faith in Christ, we measure success not only by results, but by how we serve—honoring God, valuing people, and building lasting trust. Together, we’re stronger, wiser, and better equipped to help you achieve your financial goals.
SETH YOUNG
Founder & CEO
Seth Young is the Founder & CEO of Shepherd Financial Group, where he helps small businesses bring order, clarity, and confidence to their finances. With more than a decade in financial analysis, banking, and accounting management, Seth partners with owners to solve problems, strengthen systems, and prepare for lasting success.
He founded Shepherd Financial Group in 2021 with a simple vision: serve people with excellence and integrity. Grounded in his faith in Christ, Seth leads with a commitment to stewardship—ensuring that how the company treats its clients, team, and community matters just as much as the results it delivers.
Beyond the office, Seth finds his greatest joy at home with his wife and three young children. Together, they garden, play games, and make the most of the moments that truly matter.
JACK DUNBAR
Accounting Manager
Jack brings a wealth of experience to his role as Accounting Manager. His professional journey includes logistics and business development for a major Amazon seller, diverse sales roles in various industries, and seven years as the Associate Pastor for a small church plant. For the past three years, he’s juggled part-time pastoral work and his role as Accounting Manager at Shepherd. Jack, finds fulfillment in bringing order to financial complexities allowing entrepreneurs to focus on their passions. His favorite aspect of the job is the opportunity to love and serve both clients and staff. In his free time, he enjoys time with his family and indulging in his love for board games through his Christian board game business, New Kingdom Gaming.
JACK DUNBAR
Accounting Manager
Jack brings a wealth of experience to his role as Accounting Manager. His professional journey includes logistics and business development for a major Amazon seller, diverse sales roles in various industries, and seven years as the Associate Pastor for a small church plant. For the past three years, he’s juggled part-time pastoral work and his role as Accounting Manager at Shepherd. Jack, finds fulfillment in bringing order to financial complexities allowing entrepreneurs to focus on their passions. His favorite aspect of the job is the opportunity to love and serve both clients and staff. In his free time, he enjoys time with his family and indulging in his love for board games through his Christian board game business, New Kingdom Gaming.
EMILY ROACH
Accounting Specialist
Emily brings over a decade of customer service experience and a Business Analytics degree from Eastern Washington University to her role. After transitioning out of the fast-paced world of marketing, Emily returned to her roots as a “numbers nerd,” and joined Shepherd, where she finds joy in organizing clients’ books, conducting monthly reconciliations, and solving problems for busy business owners. Emily appreciates the passionate commitment to client and team support at Shepherd. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, working out, cooking, and fishing with her husband.
LORI NIELSON
Accounting Specialist
Lori Nielson brings valuable experience from her role in launching her husband’s manufacturing business, where she handled office and bookkeeping services. She also has experience working with a variety of other bookkeeping and accounting clients. Lori enjoys collaborating with her team and takes pride in organizing financial records for her clients. In her free time, Lori treasures spending time with her family, especially as her children grow older. She also enjoys spending time in the mountains of her home state of Utah, listening to music, doing home improvement projects, and serving her church community.
CHAD FLETCHER
Accounting Specialist
After nearly 20 years at Costco, he earned his Secondary Mathematics Education degree from Western Governors University and taught for several years before stepping away during the COVID-19 pandemic to focus on parenting full-time. Now at Shepherd, Chad enjoys the challenge of making numbers work and finds it refreshing to be part of a workplace where shared values and faith are embraced. He thrives in a team that supports both professional growth and personal integrity. In his free time, he enjoys playing video and board games with his family, reading the Bible with his kids, and creating daily scripture videos for social media.
CHAD FLETCHER
Accounting Specialist
After nearly 20 years at Costco, he earned his Secondary Mathematics Education degree from Western Governors University and taught for several years before stepping away during the COVID-19 pandemic to focus on parenting full-time. Now at Shepherd, Chad enjoys the challenge of making numbers work and finds it refreshing to be part of a workplace where shared values and faith are embraced. He thrives in a team that supports both professional growth and personal integrity. In his free time, he enjoys playing video and board games with his family, reading the Bible with his kids, and creating daily scripture videos for social media.
LIZA TSYUKALO
Accounting Specialist
Liza Kravchenko brings a detail-oriented mindset and a decade of healthcare experience to her role as an Accounting Specialist at Shepherd Financial Group. As a former medical laboratory technologist in both small clinics and large hospitals, she thrived in delivering precise, reliable results to inform patient care. Now transitioning into accounting, Liza is excited to bring that same commitment to accuracy and clarity to the financial records of small businesses. She’s passionate about helping business owners make confident decisions with organized, easy-to-understand books. In her free time, Liza enjoys cooking, baking, playing piano, working out, and exploring the world with her husband, Andrey, and their two daughters, Lucy and Emma.