Lisa Yount- Co-Chair/Co-Founder

As one of the Co-founders of A Secret Safe Place for Newborns, it gives me immense pleasure to be part of an organization that helps to save the lives of the most precious and defenseless among us, newborns.  To know that childless couples are being made families through adoption of these infants truly warms my heart. My own child was adopted as an infant.  I’m eternally grateful to the young teen who chose life and made safe, mature choices for her baby.

Shawna McConnell - Co Founder

Lyn Eagen- Board Chair 

Jeff McCall - Legal Counsel 

​I find it rewarding to play a small role in such an important cause, and to be around so many passionate and talented people working together for that cause.

Laura Shamiyeh- Secretary

​I am passionate about Secret Safe Place of Newborns of Tennessee because this organization offers hope for so many. Hope for a newborn infant, the baby’s mother, and the baby’s new family.  It is a gift of life!  The baby is given a life that might not have been possible. A couple adopts and becomes a family. Finally, the mother knows that her baby will be loved and cherished. How could one not be passionate about an organization that helps so many? I am honored to work alongside the founding members who began with a grassroots campaign to make sure newborn babies have a fighting chance.  It is exciting to see Secret Safe Place’s mission being delivered across the state, educating expecting mothers of their options.

Rebekah Damron- Treasurer

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Board Members

PR Committee:
​Patty Adham
Lori Barrett
Jessica Belitz
Peyton Camera
Susan Cook
Sam Hall
Rachel Massey
Marty Millsaps
Paige Troutman
Sarah Turner

Education Committee:
Julie Bell
Elisabeth Bellah
Deca Ellis
Brooke Everett
Greg Hathcock
Tonja Morgan
Rachel Massey
Sarah Shanks
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Development Committee:
Becky Brady
Jennifer Campbell
Lyn Eagen
Jill Keck
Shawna McConnell
Claudia Moore
Katie Murrin
Stacey Rodriguez
Laura Shamiyeh
Christina Sheringham
Sarah Turner
Lisa Yount

Finance Committee:
Rebekah Damron
Jeff McCall
Mark King
Mark Russell

Ex-Efficio:
Sherrif James Berrong- BCSO
General Mike Flynn- District Attorney General, Blount County
Sam Hall- Blount County Sheriff’s Office
Don Heinemann- Blount Memorial Hospital
Representative Bob Ramsey
Jonathan Rodgers
Stacy Ruoff – Department of Children’s Services