Sheila Wiggins

Interim President & CEO

Meet Sheila

Sheila and her husband John Wiggins own Volunteer Spirits located in Jefferson City and an Event Planning Business.  Prior to opening Volunteer Spirits, she was the Executive Director for the Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity for 8 years.  She has served on the Habitat Tennessee State Board of Directors and was appointed by the State of Tennessee the Selective Service System board.  She currently serves as the Jefferson City Rotary Club President and is on the United Way of Jefferson County board, 100+ Women Who Care board( a new initiative in Jefferson County), and the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce board.

She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business: Organizational Management, with a concentration in Human Resources, from Tusculum University. She is married to John Wiggins and have two sons: Andy and Luke Wiggins.

Her personal and professional goal is to create a more unified county, where everyone feels like they have a voice and a role to continuously make Jefferson County a wonderful place to live and work.

Donna Yates

Office Manager

(865) 397-9642

dyates@jeffersoncountytennessee.com

Meet Donna

4 Donna Yates grew up in Jefferson County and attended Jefferson County High School in Dandridge, TN. She attended Walters State Community College and received her BS from Tusculum College in 1996. She worked for Philips Consumer Electronics for 12 years as a Marketing Administrator in the Service Contract Department and following that worked for 2 years at Community South Bank. Donna is currently the Office Manager at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce where she has worked for 14 years.

Donna is married to Leigh Yates, a biologist for the State of Tennessee. Donna and Leigh attend First Baptist Church of Morristown and in their free time enjoy hiking and outdoors. Together they have three grown children and one grandchild.

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