Bio

Sharon LaMothe, Owner of LaMothe  Services, LLC, past Co-Founder and Director of Client Services for Surrogacy Consultants of Florida, LLC and most recently the Owner of Infertility Answers, Inc. (www.InfertilityAnswers.org) and is the author of two blogs, Surrogacy 101 and The Making of a Surrogacy Agency. She is also on the advisory board for Parents Via Egg Donation (PVED), a founding member of the Egg Donor and Surrogacy Professional Association (EDSPA) and an advisor for the OBGYN.net Women's Health Forum. Sharon's responsibilities as an agency owner included interviewing new Surrogates, educating and assisting Intended Parents and Surrogates, managing relationships, and marketing and advertising. Prior to that, Sharon worked with an adoption/surrogacy attorney. Sharon has also been a Gestational Surrogate, giving birth to twin girls in March of 2000 for a Florida couple, and in January 2005, gave birth to girl/boy twins for a New York couple. Sharon's educational background includes a Social Services major which encompassed classes in Crisis Identification and Intervention, Interviewing and Counseling, Communication in Groups and Organizations.She has shared her first hand knowledge and expertise by holding round table discussions and speaking on the topic of Surrogacy for SMART ART, RESOLVE, Fertile Dreams etc. and by arranging staff development luncheons and meetings with various clinics, hospitals and law offices. Sharon is married with two children and currently resides in Seattle, WA.