Our CEO

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Our Team

Brianna Burks
Youth Advocate 

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Margaret DeLaurentis

Clinical Therapist

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Sarah Douglas
Youth Advocate 

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Tiffany Cook
Youth Advocate

Joshua Eblin
Youth Advocate 

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Kat Earles
Financial Controller

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Barb Ebright
Director of Human Resources

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Camille Francis
Youth Advocate

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Basilia Gonzalez

Youth Advocate

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Jill Gorz
Clinical Therapist

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Beth Haas

Executive Assistant

Naima Ilmi
Clinical Coach

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David Kirkwood
Nutrition Manager

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Cheyenne Lenhart
Social Services Coordinator

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Chad Margo

Operations Manager

Samuel Masters

Special Projects Manager

Elizabeth Moody

Drop-in Services Manager

Louis Morgan
Youth Advocate

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Kshama Parekh

Youth Advocate

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Alonso Porte
Youth Advocate

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Shaniqua (Shug) Price

Youth Advocate

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Demetrius Richardson
Youth Advocate

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Nikky Robinson
Youth Advocate

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Taylor Ruh

Youth Advocate

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Brittany Stricklen-Hillyard
Development Director

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Calvin Washington 
Youth Advocate

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Janea Walburg

Youth Advocate

Kathryn Weaver

Clinical Coach

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Mariah Willis
Youth Advocate

Madison Yoder
Communications and Grant Manager

Youth Advocate

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 (homeless youth). She has been working with homeless youth since 1998. After opening a drop-in center for homeless youth in   Albuquerque, NM, she moved to Columbus, OH and because of a gap in services in Columbus, opened her second drop-in center. She is a Professor of Human Development and Family Science and is Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Human Sciences at The Ohio State University. She has over 60 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and a sole authored book focused primarily on interventions for homeless youth and families. She has consulted with multiple organizations on the best strategies for intervening in youth homelessness, and has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health to conduct randomized clinical trials to end homelessness and its associated problems among youth and families.