meet our team
Interested in joining our team? Check out our job openings!
our staff
Every member of our team is trained in best-practices and trauma-informed care. We are united by our faith in Jesus and our calling to be a light in the darkness.
keith, MBA
Founder & CEO
kathleen, MSW
Visionary Advisor
rebecca
Safehome Program Director
lindsay
Direct Care Coach
carolyn
Intake & Enrichment Coordinator
gina
Human Resources and Data Manager
carrisa
Resident in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
heather
Case Manager
mikesha
Wraparound Services Coordinator
melissa, MFA
Communications Coordinator
emmagail
Communications Specialist
stacy
Development & Volunteer Coordinator
dawn
Food Service Specialist
anna
Nutritional Care Specialist
hannah
Paraprofessional
jes
Language Specialist
emily
Lead Residential Care Specialist
moriah
Lead Residential Specialist
kathy
Residential Care Specialist
kathy, MHS
Residential Care Specialist
lexi
Residential Care Specialist
maria
Residential Care Specialist
stephanie
Residential Care Specialist
april
Residential Care Specialist
sandy
Residential Care Specialist
our advisory council
The Lampstand is a ministry of Straight Street Roanoke Valley. Our advisory council is under Straight Street’s Board of Directors.
john cotton richmond
- Partner, Dentons Law Firm
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Founding Director, Human Trafficking Institute
- Human Trafficking Prosecutor, US Department of Justice
- Director, International Justice Mission
andrea hipwell
- Director of Women’s Residential Services, Wellspring Living
- Survivor Leader/Subject matter expert
- Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
natasha nash
- Special Agent, Virginia State Police – Criminal Intelligence Division
steve martin
- Director, Roanoke City Department of Human and Social Services
melissa
MSN, APRN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-C
- Forensic Nurse Examiner, Ultra Health and SAFE Center of SWVA
michael gembola
- Executive Director, Blue Ridge Christian Counseling
malora horn
- Program Coordinator, McKinney-Vento
stacey sheppard
- Director of Housing and Human Services, Total Action in Progress
- Former Sergeant, Salem City Police Department
janet jones
- Assistant Superintendent, Local Public Schools
jaime mcguire
- Attorney, Poarch Thompson Law
dina hackley-hunt
- Cultural Advisor to The Lampstand
- Director of Education and Outreach, SARA (Sexual Assualt Response and Awareness)
melissa gaona
- Journalist and News Anchor, WDBJ7
- Veteran, US Army
- Communications Coordinator, The Lampstand
