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WHO WE ARE

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Meet Our Team

Our Team

Garry Adaway

Youth Advocate

 

Ann Bischoff

President & CEO

Meet our CEO

Marika Brown

Drop-In Center Manager

Skylar Butler
Youth Advocate

Ally Conlon

Volunteer & Partner Services Coordinator

Martin Conteh

Youth Advocate

Caitlin Cruickshank 

Grants Manager

Doug Cuckler 

Development & Engagement Coordinator

Montrail Curry 

Facility Manager

Kimberly Dean 

Administrative Assistant: Fulfillment & Resources

Margaret DeLaurentis

Clinical Therapist  

Kat Earles

Vice President of Finance & Controller

Wendell Eblin
Warehouse Coordinator

Barb Ebright
Vice President of Fulfillment & Resources

Gaby Escamilla 

Youth Advocate

Jill Gorz
Clinical Services Manager

Beth Haas

Executive Assistant 

Sara Hosni 

Accounting Manager

Naima Ilmi
Housing & Engagement Manager

Norma Jackson 

Youth Advocate 

Brittany Kriz

Administrative Assistant: Housing & Clinical

Dexter Komakaru

Youth Advocate

Diane Lewis

Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor

Sydney Longbottom

Youth Advocate

Paul Luciano

Youth Advocate

Connor Macy

Training & Development Specialist

Marshe Mitchell

Receptionist

Elizabeth Moody

Manager of Team Resources & Development

Hayley Morgan

Therapist

Louis Morgan
Youth Advocate

James Nascembeni

House Resource Specialist

Lakeesha Palmer

Youth Advocate

Jessica Parisio

Youth Advocate

Michelle Peal

Youth Advocate

Shug Price

Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor

Nikky Robinson

Outreach & Connections Coordinator

Antoine Ruffin

Accounting Coordinator / Youth Advocate 

Blake Sawicki

Receptionist

Ben Sears

Vice President of Expansion 

Candy Stanley

Receptionist 

Sashae Summerall

Youth Advocate

Edward (Vic) Victor

Housing Coordinator, CSV

Janeá Walburg

Clinical Coach

Jonathan Walton

Drop-In Services Supervisor 

Calvin Washington 
Drop-In Services Supervisor

Katie Weaver

Therapist 

Daija Williams

Youth Advocate

Meet Our Committee

Youth Advocate

Meet Our Board

Our Board of Trustees *Effective July 1, 2024

Phil Baum, Past Chair 

Grange Insurance (Retired)

Vice President, Chief Actuary 

Stephanie Chester, Chair
Wells Fargo
Executive Director, Technology Risk & Control Governance

                

Heather Flournoy

JPMorgan Chase

Executive Director, Central Supervision

Natalie Furniss, Past Chair
Nationwide Insurance

Senior Vice President, Property and Casualty

Gunnar Gode, Vice Chair

NiSource Inc.
Chief Accounting Officer

Scott Koenigs

Safelite

Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer  

Greg LaManna

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shied

President, Ohio Medicaid

 

David Lloyd  

Greif

Vice President - Finance

Chris Mitchell

Lamarc

President   

Lane Robilotto, Treasurer 
PwC Private

Tax Director 

Jamie Sohosky

Bath & Body Works

Chief Marketing Officer  

Helen Speiser
Third Street Digital

Principal/Owner 
 

Deanna Springs, Secretary

Independent

Christine Swies

Huntington National Bank

Vice President Talent Management

Mary Lou Hittle, Founding Board Member*

Independent

Terry O'Connell,  Board Member Emeritus*

Time Warner Cable (Retired)

 

Ann Bischoff, Ex-Officio Board Member*

Star House

CEO

Committee Members *Updated September 2024

Aja Bland

Bank of America

Kyle Brown

Midwest Physician Anesthesia Services

Patricia (Patti) Eshman

Independent

 

John F. Finn

Gardner, Inc.

Mary (Bebe) Finn

Independent

 

Kesha Garrett

Columbus Urban League

Robin Halley

ESC of Central Ohio


Ebony Holt  

Red Roof Inn

Lisa Kristensen

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Andrea Magaña Lewis

Nationwide

James Malone

Independent

Kobe Osei

KPMG

Michelle Strickland

Crane Renovation Group

 

Mark Swanson

Stauf's Coffee Roasters

Ted Tinkler

Tinkler Consulting

Brian Zuercher

Hopewell

Meet Our Founder

Our Founder

Natasha Slesnick, PhD

Natasha founded Star House in October 2006. She is committed to ending homelessness and its associated problems among one of the most vulnerable and underserved populations in our country (youth experiencing homelessness). She has been working with youth experiencing homelessness since 1998. After opening a drop-in center for youth experiencing homelessness in  Albuquerque, NM, she moved to Columbus, OH and, because of a gap in services in Columbus, opened her second drop-in center.

 

Natasha is a professor of Human Development and Family Science in the Department of Human Sciences, and EHE Associate Dean for Research and Administration at The Ohio State University.  Natasha is a licensed clinical psychologist and her research focuses on intervention development and evaluation with substance using youth experiencing homelessness and substance-using mothers and their children. She has consulted with multiple organizations on the best strategies for intervening in youth homelessness and adolescent substance use. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1998 and has written more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books. 

*Terry O'Connell

Terry joined Time Warner Cable in May, 1982 as a sales and marketing executive. He spent almost 30 years with the company while serving on the executive management team for the last ten years. As Executive Vice President, Terry was responsible for the Mid West Region of TWC providing residential and commercial voice, video and data to over 3 million customers in OH, KY, WI and MO. 

 

Terry has served as a board member for Recreation Unlimited for the last 20 years. In addition, he formed and served as the Chair of the Star House Advisory Board early in the formation of Star House. Terry was instrumental in funding the new 14,000 sq ft. Star House facility in 2015. After serving on the Governing Board for Star House for approximately 5 years, he currently serves the board in an ex officio capacity.


Terry was born in Rochester NY, but spent the majority of time growing up in Simsbury, a suburb of Hartford, CT. He earned his BA majoring in Theology & Philosophy with a business minor at Xavier University. He currently lives in Dublin, OH with Cindy, his wife of 45 years. They have two daughters living in Central Ohio. Molly resides in Clintonville. Meghan, her husband Mike Barnhart and their two daughters live in
Dublin. His son, Dan is living in Littleton, CO. with his wife Julie and their two sons.

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