 Keira Sorrells, President
Keira is the loving mother of triplet daughters born at 25 weeks 5 days gestation, and co-founder, with her husband, of this foundation. After experiencing the trauma of an extremely early delivery, months of living in the NICU, caring for a special needs child, and the very untimely death of her daughter, Zoe, she felt driven to start this organization as way to help other parents facing the same challenges she and her family met head on. Keira saw firsthand the impact that one tiny baby can have on the lives of many and knew that through this foundation many more lives will be enriched by having a comprehensive resource to turn to at each stage of life for a micropreemie. Keira also sits on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Perinatal Association and is working as an executive producer on a NICU discharge video series with the Mississippi Gulfcoast Black Nurses Association.
Richard Sorrells
Richard is the loving husband to Keira and devoted father to his daughters, Avery, Lily, and Zoe. He spent countless hours holding vigil over their isolettes during their time in the NICU and has always been a very active, involved father for all three of his girls. Richard is an executive director of a radiology group in Jackson, MS; with his vast background in healthcare administration, he has been an effective advocate for his daughters when met with insurance roadblocks and hospital administration red tape. Richard hopes to expand the Foundation’s services to be able to truly meet the needs of the NICU dads who are so often overlooked and yet need support themselves.
Randi Schoenberger Lewis, Treasurer
Randi has been an early interventionist for more than 20 years, she was passionately involved with Georgia PINES, Georgia’s program that provides parent infant support for families of newly diagnosed infants and toddlers with hearing loss and/or vision loss. Randi supported Zoe’s family while they were still receiving care in the NICU and as she says: “had the privilege of “working” with them and growing to love them through transition to home.” Randi so lovingly shared that “being involved with the birth of this magnificent organization offers me the continued opportunity to nurture the spirit of Zoe Rose.”
Melissa Drudge, Secretary
Melissa is a wife and mother blessed with two children who has experienced first hand the challenges of parenting a medically fragile infant. The Zoe Rose Memorial Foundation is giving her the opportunity to share the amazing love a mother has for her child. Melissa states “I'm excited to be a part of this organization that helps to heal not only micro preemies, but parents, families, and spirits as well.”
Jennifer Becker, Social Media Coordinator
Jennifer is a loving wife and devoted mother of three young children, all of whom were born at different levels of prematurity. Her first son, Carlson, was born at 34 weeks and her daughter, Kaitlin, was born at 33 weeks. Carlson and Kaitlin were certainly not micro-preemies and by no means faced anything life threatening - but it broadened her and her husband's scope of how much a couple more weeks in utero makes such a difference. Her second son, Brayden, was the most severe, born at 26 weeks. While now a thriving pre-schooler, the immediate and early fears, questions, unknowns and challenges; and the many battles, obstacles and joys along the way has brought the experience and issue of premature infants to a very special place in her heart. She has been very fortunate with the support of other friends and families with similar experiences, and wanted to be involved in helping others to navigate the waters of prematurity. Her husband, Andy, is friends and a fraternity brother of Richard Sorrells, and she and Andy feel very honored and to be involved with the Zoe Rose Memorial Foundation.
Jason Sheffield
Email: info@zoerose.org |
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