The Board of Directors of the Smoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation (SMACF)

If you love animals and want to help our cause, the Board of Directors of SMACF is looking for able, energetic and self-driven citizens to join our governing board.

We are currently spearheading the construction of the official (and first-ever) Blount County Animal Center – a project that takes time, effort, and huge organizational skills and talents to accomplish. We are also engaged in on-going fund-raising activities, all benefitting the shelter construction project.

And we need all the help we can get!

We need people with (1) significant fund-raising experience; (2) extensive local community connections; (3) grant-writing experience; (4) an ability and willingness to go out and talk with local service organizations and businesses about our organization and its mission; (5) experience in the construction and oversight operations of an animal shelter; (6) a knowledge of Tennessee animal laws and animal control officer training needs; (7) an interest in working with school-aged children as well as local college students to tell them about SMACF and how they can help; and (8) animal welfare experience.

The list goes on! Please contact us if you can bring to the table these or other skills that can help us improve the welfare of animals in our community.

Chriz Protzman, SMACF President

Email: president@smacf.net

Tele: (865) 386-8113

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 7218
Maryville, TN 37802

Current Board of Directors

Chris Protzman - President
(865) 386-8113 or 865-824-1700

president@smacf.net

Julie Nelson - Vice President
865-982-0500 ext 202
nelsonj@nelson-realtors.com

Emily Straquadine - Secretary/Treasurer
865-983-7526

donate@smacf.net

Kandi Yeager - General Counsel
865-292-2223
kyeager@hdclaw.com

Rick Yeager - Board Member/Co-Founder
865-693-7881
info@smacf.net

Don Story - Board Member
865-984-3083
storycarol@aol.com

SMACF Committees

SMACF has the following committees to help us reach our goal for a new Blount County Animal Center. If you would like to be a part of one of these committees, please contact the chair of the committee (listed below) to find out how you can get involved. You can still help these committees even if you don't have the time to engage with us at the Board of Directors level.

Site/Construction Committee
Chairperson: Rick Yeager
Contact Info:
Email: info@smacf.net
Phone: (865) 621-0539

Fundraising Committee
Chairperson: Chris Protzman
Contact Info:
Email: president@smacf.net
Phone: (865) 386-8113 or 865-824-1700

Government Relations Committee
Chairperson: Chris Protzman
Contact Info:
Email:president@smacf.net
Phone: (865) 386-8113

Education/Outreach Committee
Chairperson: Emily Straquadine
Contact Info:
Email: donate@smacf.net
Phone: (865) 983-7526

Web Committee
Chairperson: (Pending)
Contact Info:
Email: web@smacf.net
Phone:

*These committees play an essential role: they help us raise money and awareness while building relations with local government and the community to help us accomplish our goals. So get involved today!