Meet our team:
Ashley Thomas, Shelter Director
Ashley’s family includes an extremely supportive husband, and several rescued dogs, goats, & feral cats. Her personal experience includes cats, dogs, goats, pigs, ferrets, lizards, rabbits, and birds. After volunteering for about a year at various local shelters, Ashley started working at Young-Williams Animal Center in Knoxville in January of 2009 as a kennel cleaner. She quickly discovered that she was especially passionate about fostering animals that were not ready for adoption. During her first four years at YWAC, she worked in animal care, intake, and adoptions. In 2013, Ashley became the Placement Manager and immediately began building a foster care program which had approximately 350 families engaged in lifesaving efforts when she left YWAC. Ashley’s time running the foster program greatly expanded her medical capabilities and knowledge. As Placement Manager, she was also responsible for rescue group partnerships/placement, northern transport initiatives, helping to manage the shelter, and performing behavior assessments. Ashley grew up in Seymour and is overjoyed to continue helping the animals in her own community. In late 2018, Ashley took on the role of Shelter Director for Sevier Animal Care Center.
Ashley is passionate about promoting the need for self-care in the field of animal welfare to fight the effects of compassion fatigue. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, reading, anything with an engine, and obsessing over nerdy fandoms.
Luna Brewer, Shelter Manager/Volunteer Coordinator
Luna is a dog mom to a wonderful 6-year old Corgi mix, one neuro kitty and three crazed carpet snakes (ferrets). She first started her animal welfare journey in high school as a volunteer for her local humane society and started a school wide project to create blankets and feral cat boxes for pets in her community. Upon graduation from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2019, Luna continued her journey with employment at Young-Williams Animal Center as a Pet Resource Specialist. From there she has worked at The Humane Society of Tennessee Valley in Knoxville and acted as Shelter Manager at Companion Animal Rescue & Education in Jefferson City. Luna finds passion in conflict resolution, helping people retain ownership of their pets and socializing scared or undersocialized cats and dogs.
When she’s not staging cute photos of dogs or at work in the shelter, Luna finds peace of mind hiking and kayaking in the great outdoors (despite being a city girl from California), playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and curling up with her pets and partner to binge-watching “The Office.” Luna is ecstatic to use her skills and knowledge to help the pets and community of Sevier County as Shelter Manager and Volunteer Coordinator at SACC!
Luna Brewer, Shelter Manager/Volunteer Coordinator
Luna is a dog mom to a wonderful 6-year old Corgi mix, one neuro kitty and three crazed carpet snakes (ferrets). She first started her animal welfare journey in high school as a volunteer for her local humane society and started a school wide project to create blankets and feral cat boxes for pets in her community. Upon graduation from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2019, Luna continued her journey with employment at Young-Williams Animal Center as a Pet Resource Specialist. From there she has worked at The Humane Society of Tennessee Valley in Knoxville and acted as Shelter Manager at Companion Animal Rescue & Education in Jefferson City. Luna finds passion in conflict resolution, helping people retain ownership of their pets and socializing scared or undersocialized cats and dogs.
When she’s not staging cute photos of dogs or at work in the shelter, Luna finds peace of mind hiking and kayaking in the great outdoors (despite being a city girl from California), playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and curling up with her pets and partner to binge-watching “The Office.” Luna is ecstatic to use her skills and knowledge to help the pets and community of Sevier County as Shelter Manager and Volunteer Coordinator at SACC!
Tiffany Dawson, Assistant Shelter Manager/Foster Care Coordinator
Tiffany has worked and volunteered for multiple shelters over many years. During her career in animal welfare, she has been an advocate, Resource Coordinator for pet parents, a shelter manager, and a shelter director. In her free time, Tiffany is a District Volunteer Leader for the Humane Society of the United States, which puts her in a unique position to push for better legislation in an effort to protect pets, wildlife, and farm animals.
Tiffany has overseen shelter staff and championed programs for communities based on their needs, promoting the bond between human and animals. She has acted as a liaison for veterinary clinics, community service organizations, shelters, domestic violence survivors, and pet parents in need of critical assistance with keeping their pets in their homes during times of personal tragedy. Ending the unnecessary euthanasia of wildlife in animal shelters is a passion of hers. By collaborating with wildlife rehabilitation experts to transfer wildlife intake from animal shelters to their facilities, Tiffany saved many of these vulnerable and needed species. She has great enthusiasm for developing relationships between shelter staff and members of the community to build a “community shelter,” where everyone is using their unique skills to speak for the voiceless and solve problems for companion animals and wildlife.
Through experiences of tragedy and triumph in animal welfare, Tiffany has found her collective experiences have charted a path and given her tools to create life-saving programs. She is profoundly dedicated to assisting others and believes that kindness and compassion for human and non-human animals creates opportunities for all and promotes new advocates.
Tiffany’s is also passionate about emergency response, medical & social intervention for companion animals and wildlife, and serving the needs of the most at-risk animals, such as neonates & critically ill or injured animals. She has a strong commitment to those suffering the most, and believes in affording hope and chances to those who may not normally receive them. Tiffany has trained extensively in crisis management for hoarding and abuse cases. In addition, she has devoted much of her time as an animal welfare professional to the improvement of foster care program, which provide essential and immediate care, and keep companion animals outside of the walls of the shelter where they can thrive until they find forever placement.
We at Sevier Animal Care Center are so excited for such an experienced addition to our team and know Tiffany will be an huge asset to our community!
Tiffany has worked and volunteered for multiple shelters over many years. During her career in animal welfare, she has been an advocate, Resource Coordinator for pet parents, a shelter manager, and a shelter director. In her free time, Tiffany is a District Volunteer Leader for the Humane Society of the United States, which puts her in a unique position to push for better legislation in an effort to protect pets, wildlife, and farm animals.
Tiffany has overseen shelter staff and championed programs for communities based on their needs, promoting the bond between human and animals. She has acted as a liaison for veterinary clinics, community service organizations, shelters, domestic violence survivors, and pet parents in need of critical assistance with keeping their pets in their homes during times of personal tragedy. Ending the unnecessary euthanasia of wildlife in animal shelters is a passion of hers. By collaborating with wildlife rehabilitation experts to transfer wildlife intake from animal shelters to their facilities, Tiffany saved many of these vulnerable and needed species. She has great enthusiasm for developing relationships between shelter staff and members of the community to build a “community shelter,” where everyone is using their unique skills to speak for the voiceless and solve problems for companion animals and wildlife.
Through experiences of tragedy and triumph in animal welfare, Tiffany has found her collective experiences have charted a path and given her tools to create life-saving programs. She is profoundly dedicated to assisting others and believes that kindness and compassion for human and non-human animals creates opportunities for all and promotes new advocates.
Tiffany’s is also passionate about emergency response, medical & social intervention for companion animals and wildlife, and serving the needs of the most at-risk animals, such as neonates & critically ill or injured animals. She has a strong commitment to those suffering the most, and believes in affording hope and chances to those who may not normally receive them. Tiffany has trained extensively in crisis management for hoarding and abuse cases. In addition, she has devoted much of her time as an animal welfare professional to the improvement of foster care program, which provide essential and immediate care, and keep companion animals outside of the walls of the shelter where they can thrive until they find forever placement.
We at Sevier Animal Care Center are so excited for such an experienced addition to our team and know Tiffany will be an huge asset to our community!
Brooklyn Williams, Kennel Technician
Brooklyn has been dog crazy her life and is currently the proud mama of two sweet dogs, Charlie and Bruno. She has spent A lot of time in retail, but has found her true passion in animal welfare. Anyone who meets Brooklyn would describe her as focused and tenacious. She has very much enjoyed becoming an intake specialist and learning how to help homeless animals that come to us with nowhere else to go. Brooklyn’s newfound passion is finding new resources to help scared animals that are undersocialized or may have some slight behavior challenges. She’s also learning a great deal about felines and looks forward to continuing to expand her knowledge.
Brooklyn is very active in her church and loves her family. Napping is one of her favorite hobbies(probably because she works so hard)!
Brooklyn has been dog crazy her life and is currently the proud mama of two sweet dogs, Charlie and Bruno. She has spent A lot of time in retail, but has found her true passion in animal welfare. Anyone who meets Brooklyn would describe her as focused and tenacious. She has very much enjoyed becoming an intake specialist and learning how to help homeless animals that come to us with nowhere else to go. Brooklyn’s newfound passion is finding new resources to help scared animals that are undersocialized or may have some slight behavior challenges. She’s also learning a great deal about felines and looks forward to continuing to expand her knowledge.
Brooklyn is very active in her church and loves her family. Napping is one of her favorite hobbies(probably because she works so hard)!
Madi Denault, Kennel Technician
Madi is a recent high school graduate that has always had one goal in mind- to work with animals. She is a loving dog & cat mom (along with some very messy ducks) and wants to work in animal welfare until animal shelters are no longer necessary. Madi also has a knack for making friends with dogs that don’t want many friends in the first place. And don’t let the picture fool you, she is afraid of most cats but working hard on learning more about their body language and temperaments.
Some of Madi’s hobbies include: hanging out with her family & work team, collecting gemstones & earrings, and being outside with her animals while gardening.
Madi is a recent high school graduate that has always had one goal in mind- to work with animals. She is a loving dog & cat mom (along with some very messy ducks) and wants to work in animal welfare until animal shelters are no longer necessary. Madi also has a knack for making friends with dogs that don’t want many friends in the first place. And don’t let the picture fool you, she is afraid of most cats but working hard on learning more about their body language and temperaments.
Some of Madi’s hobbies include: hanging out with her family & work team, collecting gemstones & earrings, and being outside with her animals while gardening.
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Sam Fine, Kennel Technician
Sam a.k.a. ‘The Cat Whisperer’ is a loving mom to two perfect human kids and four lucky cats: Penny, DJ, Ollie, and Sunny. She is new to the field of animal welfare but has been an animal enthusiast her whole life. Sam lights up a room and makes everyone feel at ease. She is also super detail orientated which makes Sam a great fit for this line of work. Sam is a breast cancer survivor. She is super excited to learn more about how she can help animals in need and has recently started fostering kittens.
Sam enjoys hanging out with her coworkers in her spare time, who have all become fast friends. She also spends a lot of time with her kids going to basketball, football, and cheer practice.
Sam a.k.a. ‘The Cat Whisperer’ is a loving mom to two perfect human kids and four lucky cats: Penny, DJ, Ollie, and Sunny. She is new to the field of animal welfare but has been an animal enthusiast her whole life. Sam lights up a room and makes everyone feel at ease. She is also super detail orientated which makes Sam a great fit for this line of work. Sam is a breast cancer survivor. She is super excited to learn more about how she can help animals in need and has recently started fostering kittens.
Sam enjoys hanging out with her coworkers in her spare time, who have all become fast friends. She also spends a lot of time with her kids going to basketball, football, and cheer practice.
Krystal Boyle, Kennel Technician
This is Krystal‘s first job officially working with animals, but she has been an animal advocate her whole life. She couldn’t be happier working for Sevier Animal Care Center and is so excited about how much she has learned already. No one would be surprised to hear Krystal described as extremely loyal and reliable. Krystal has hit the ground running and is making a huge impact in our adoption department. Krystal is passionate about that moment when a human and an animal come together and everything just clicks into place. Seeing families find that missing piece is everything.
Krystal’s dream is to be an animal rehabilitation therapist in the future. She is a huge dolphin lover and a true crime fanatic.
This is Krystal‘s first job officially working with animals, but she has been an animal advocate her whole life. She couldn’t be happier working for Sevier Animal Care Center and is so excited about how much she has learned already. No one would be surprised to hear Krystal described as extremely loyal and reliable. Krystal has hit the ground running and is making a huge impact in our adoption department. Krystal is passionate about that moment when a human and an animal come together and everything just clicks into place. Seeing families find that missing piece is everything.
Krystal’s dream is to be an animal rehabilitation therapist in the future. She is a huge dolphin lover and a true crime fanatic.