Mark Shriver

Mark Shriver
Shriver in January 2013
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 15th district
In office 1995–2003
Personal details
Born	Mark Kennedy Shriver (1964-02-17) February 17, 1964 (age 52) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jeannie Ripp
Relations	Bobby Shriver (brother) Maria Shriver (sister) Timothy Shriver (brother) Anthony Shriver (brother) see Kennedy family
Children	Molly, Tommy, Emma
Parents	Sargent Shriver Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross Harvard University
Occupation	Politician, Activist, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Save the Children
Religion	Roman Catholic

Mark Kennedy Shriver (born February 17, 1964) is an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for two consecutive terms, from 1995 to 2003. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the charity Save the Children. Shriver married Jeanne Eileen Ripp (born November 30, 1965) on June 26, 1992 and they have three children.

Shriver was born in Washington, D.C. He is part of the Kennedy political family, since his mother was Eunice Mary Kennedy. He may also be considered to be a part of the "Shriver political family", since his ancestor David Shriver was a delegate of Frederick County, Maryland who signed the Maryland Constitution and Bill of Rights at Maryland's Constitutional Convention of 1776, and his father is Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps upon its establishment by President John F. Kennedy on September 22, 1961, a former ambassador to France and the 1972 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. Mark Shriver has written a memoir about his father, A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver. His sister, Maria Shriver, is a former journalist and the former First Lady of California (she was married to former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger until mid-year 2011).

Shriver attended high school at the Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda, Maryland. Afterward, he earned a bachelor's degree from the College of the Holy Cross in 1986, and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1993.