WHO WE ARE
Our Team
Ann Bischoff
CEO
Marika Brown
Drop-in Services Supervisor
Brianna Burks
Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor
Doug Cuckler
Development & Engagement Coordinator
Montrail Curry
Facility Manager
Sarah DeGirolamo
Administrative Assistant
Margaret DeLaurentis
Clinical Therapist
Carmen Dorman
Director of Programs and Operations
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
Brooke Keber
Volunteer & Partner Services Coordinator
Cheyenne Lenhart
Housing & Community Services Manager, CSV
Dara Lovett
Clinical Coach
Jeffery Mackey-Bell
Youth Advocate
Jhanel McCray
Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor
Marshe Mitchell
Receptionist
Elizabeth Moody
Training & Policy Manager
Keisha Moody
Youth Advocate
Louis Morgan
Youth Advocate
Shaniqua (Shug) Price
Drop-In Services Assistant Supervisor
Zakyra Reed
Youth Advocate
Demetrius Richardson
Youth Advocate
Nikky Robinson
Outreach & Connection Coordinator
Taylin Roland
Youth Advocate
Antoine Ruffin
Youth Advocate
Ryan Ruiz de Castilla
Youth Advocate
Bre' Schaeffer
Youth Advocate
Dan Shramo
Youth Advocate
Candy Stanley
Youth Advocate
Brittany Stricklen-Hillyard
Development Director
Edward Victor
Youth Advocate
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
Madison Yoder
Communications and Grant 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
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
Time Warner Cable (Retired)
Deanna Springs, Secretary
CoverMyMeds
Recruitment Manager
Bill Walker, Past Chair
Huntington Bank
Senior Vice President,
Committee Members *Effective February 2021
Lindsay Andrews
DesignGroup
Laurie Aquilina
Independent
Clarke Billard
Stephanie Chester
Mimi Dane
Independent
Helen Eisenberg
Josh Fitzwater
Holden x Ellis
Rhonda Fraas
Independent
Heather Flournoy
JP Morgan Chase
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
Ruben E. Padro
Cardinal Health
Laure Schoedinger
Independent
Michelle Strickland
Crane Renovation Group
Whitney Thompson
Independent
Mike Valley
Eastwind Capital Wealth Management
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.