Our People

Meet our dedicated Staff and Board of Directors. 

Huckleberry House Staff

Sonya Thesing

Executive Director 

Lynda Leclerc

Associate Director

Alex Murphy

Finance Director

Abbey Wollschleger

Programs and Clinical Director

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Melanie Gunther

Housing Director

Kyra Crockett-Hodge

Director of Outreach and Engagement

Jonathan Ross II

Development Manager

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Michelle Geeting

Crisis Program Manager

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Meredith Leider

Housing Program Manager

Erica Schnitz

Counseling Center Manager

2021-22 Huckleberry House Board of Directors

Jerry Beigel
President

Beigel Ventures

Nicole Makeda
Vice President

JP Morgan Chase

Marah Derzon
Secretary

Columbus Academy

Dave Presper
Treasurer

Retired

Maria Armstrong
Retired

Josh Fitzwater
Holden Ellis

Chaz Hixen
Hixen Search

Eric Hutchison
Hutchison Consulting

Shandell Jamal
Brainstorm Consulting Network, LLC


Dionte Johnson
Sole Classics and Canvaas

Ryan Konst
Schaefer

Megan Koontz
Fusion Alliance

Todd Lukens
Nationwide

Jeannie Mackowiak
Franklin County Public Defenders

Maria Mone
Supreme Court of Ohio

Frank Pifer
American Electric Power

Christina Sanders
Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group

Craig Smith
Scott W. Schiff & Associates Co., L.P.A.

Rajiv Thomas
Grange Insurance

Members serve without compensation.

Our People

Meet our dedicated Staff and Board of Directors. 

Huckleberry House Staff

Sonya Thesing

Executive Director 

Lynda Leclerc

Associate Director

Alex Murphy

Finance Director

Abbey Wollschleger

Programs and Clinical Director

Cropped Logo

Melanie Gunther

Housing Director

Kyra Crockett-Hodge

Director of Outreach and Engagement

Jonathan Ross II

Development Manager

Cropped Logo

Michelle Geeting

Crisis Program Manager

Cropped Logo

Meredith Leider

Housing Program Manager

Erica Schnitz

Counseling Center Manager

2021-22 Huckleberry House Board of Directors

Jerry Beigel
President

Beigel Ventures

Nicole Makeda
Vice President

JP Morgan Chase

Marah Derzon
Secretary

Columbus Academy

Dave Presper
Treasurer

Retired

Maria Armstrong
Retired

Josh Fitzwater
Holden Ellis

Chaz Hixen
Hixen Search

Eric Hutchison
Hutchison Consulting

Shandell Jamal
Brainstorm Consulting Network, LLC

Dionte Johnson
Sole Classics and Canvaas

Ryan Konst
Schaefer

Megan Koontz
Fusion Alliance

Todd Lukens
Nationwide

Jeannie Mackowiak
Franklin County Public Defenders

Maria Mone
Supreme Court of Ohio

Frank Pifer
American Electric Power

Christina Sanders
Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group

Craig Smith
Scott W. Schiff & Associates Co., L.P.A.

Rajiv Thomas
Grange Insurance

Members serve without compensation.