Staff

Kinship House has six clinicians, an Executive Director, an Office Manager, a Medical Director and a Quality Assurance and Utilization Management team. The staff of Kinship House intimately knows the problems foster and adoptive children face and are skilled at helping children effectively address their troubles in order to achieve permanent placement.

Melissa Smith-Hohnstein, LCSW

CLINICIAN & CLINICAL COORDINATOR (Founding Board & Staff Member: 1995 to Present)

Alison Strickland, LCSW

CLINICIAN (Founding Staff Member: 1997 to Present)

Chrysia Watson, LCSW

CLINICIAN (2009 to Present)

Beth Erickson, MSW

CLINICIAN (2007 to Present)

Sarai Engel, LCSW

CLINICIAN (2010 to Present)

Laura Murray, MSW

CLINICIAN (2009 to Present)

Program Support Staff

Ann G. Witsil, MBA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (2005 to Present)
Ann brings over 20 years of experience leading for-profits, non-profits and government agencies in providing focused, profitable, and learning operations. Ann has been an executive in Fortune 500 corporations, including US Bancorp, where she served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Market Research, and later at Nike, Inc., where she was Interim Director of Strategic Planning for Nike, Equipment. Ann has an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University and a BA in Government from Smith College, Massachusetts. In 1990, Ann founded Catalyst Strategies, a management consulting firm providing organizational development, team leadership and strategic facilitation services to organizations throughout the Northwest. Ann has served as Interim Executive Director for several regional non-profits, as a member of the Executive Transitions Services team of Technical Assistance for Community Services.

Tia Shows

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT (2009 to Present)
Tia works part-time with Kinship House helping to heighten visibility for the organization. After graduating from Lewis & Clark College in 2006, Tia worked in the non-profit sector managing campaign offices for environmental groups. After becoming a mother, Tia shifted her focus to helping children.

Medical Staff

Robert McKelvey, MD

MEDICAL DIRECTOR (2010 to Present)