WHO WE ARE
Our Team
Yvonne Ashley
Youth Advocate
Ann Bischoff
CEO
Fatemah Brown
Youth Advocate
Marika Brown
Drop-in Services Supervisor
Brianna Burks
Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor
Ciera Couch
Youth Advocate
Doug Cuckler
Development & Engagement Coordinator
Montrail Curry
Facility Manager
Sarah DeGirolamo
Administrative Assistant
Margaret DeLaurentis
Clinical Therapist
Casiem Drummond
Youth Advocate
Kat Earles
VP Finance & Development
Joshua Eblin
Warehouse Coordinator
Barb Ebright
VP Fulfillment & Resources
Jill Gorz
Clinical Services Manager
Beth Haas
Executive Assistant
Naima Ilmi
Engagement & Retention Coordinator, CSV
Kari Jenkins
Accounting Manager
Brooke Keber
Communications Specialist
Sydney Longbottom
Youth Advocate
Dara Lovett
Clinical Coach
Marshe Mitchell
Receptionist
Robert Mitchell
Youth Advocate
Dernise Mixon
Youth Advocate
Elizabeth Moody
Manager of Team Development & Resources
Keisha Moody
Youth Advocate
Hayley Morgan
Therapist
Louis Morgan
Youth Advocate
Shaniqua (Shug) Price
Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor
Erin Query
Housing & Engagement Manager, CSV
Demetrius Richardson
Youth Advocate
Nikky Robinson
Outreach & Connection Coordinator
Antoine Ruffin
Accounting Coordinator / Youth Advocate
Ryan Ruiz de Castilla
Youth Advocate
Blake Sawicki
Youth Advocate
Candy Stanley
Youth Advocate
Edward Victor
Housing Coordinator, CSV
Janeá Walburg
Clinical Coach
Jonathan Walton
Drop-in Services Supervisor
Calvin Washington
Drop-in Services Supervisor
Kathryn Weaver
Therapist
Mariah Willis
Youth Advocate
Claresha Woodard
Youth Advocate
Summer Wright
Youth Advocate
Madison Yoder
Communications and Grants Manager
Youth Advocate
Our Board of Trustees *Effective July 1, 2022
Phil Baum, Vice Chair
Grange Insurance
Vice President, Chief Actuary
Stephanie Chester
Wells Fargo
Senior Vice President, Business Initiatives Sr. Manager
Natalie Furniss, Chair
Nationwide Insurance
Senior Vice President, Property and Casualty
Heather Flournoy
JPMorgan Chase
Executive Director – Central Supervisory Director, US Wealth Management
Gunnar Gode, Treasurer
NiSource
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mary Lou Hittle
Independent
Meg Kelley
White Castle
Corporate Events Coordinator
Matt McClellan, Past Chair
Miles-McClellan Construction Company
President
Terry O'Connell, Board Member Emeritus*
Time Warner Cable (Retired)
Deanna Springs, Secretary
CoverMyMeds
Recruitment Manager
Bill Walker, Past Chair
Independent
Committee Members *Effective February 2021
Lindsay Andrews
DesignGroup
Laurie Aquilina
Independent
Mimi Dane
Independent
Helen Eisenberg
Rhonda Fraas
Independent
Jamie Gaynor
Independent
Joe Gernert
Independent
Robin Halley
Independent
Kate Harkin
Independent
Janet Jackson
Independent
Lisa Kristensen
Columbus Metropolitan Library
James Malone
Independent
Antwane Martin
Independent
Doug McCoard
Independent
Jeff Mohrman
Finance Fund
Doug Murray
Independent
Laure Schoedinger
Independent
Michelle Strickland
Crane Renovation Group
Scot Zajic
Brian Zuercher
Hopewell
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.