About Our Team
STAR is proud to have an engaged, dedicated team of participants, community partners, volunteers, board members and on-site staff members. Together we work collaboratively to provide comprehensive support to justice-involved individuals, fostering their successful reintegration into the community. We have a team of amazing staff members and dedicated board members. Our diverse backgrounds and shared commitment to Restorative Practices drive us to continually improve and expand our services, making a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.
Dr. Christina Gehrke
Bryan “Asad” Powers
Dan Aschenbrenner
Kaelyn Pyke
Elizabeth Rice
Dr. Austin Archer
Rachel Kjack
Our Team
Linda Scott
Leah Zoller
Katie Rains
Deborah Penebaker
Teia Brown
Liz Garza
Aton Forbes
Brandon Martinez Serrano
Beau Currier
Hardison
Steven Boone
Ada Adler
Trill Rodriguez
Teddy
We Believe…
in the value of a diverse community and work to ensure that The STAR Project is welcoming to people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We appreciate and celebrate our differences and strive to honor the uniqueness of every individual we work with. We are intentional in providing trauma-informed and culturally responsive services for our participants—who often have historically been under-represented or subject to discrimination because of their background, identity, disability, or age.
We take pride in being an equal opportunity and fair chance employer. The STAR Project is committed to recruiting, hiring, training, promoting, compensating, and administering all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Community Partnerships
The STAR Project is proud to partner with multiple organizations and agencies in the Walla Walla Valley and across the State of Washington. We recognize the multiple hurdles our participants face, especially in the first six months following their release. By maintaining close working partnerships we are able to facilitate a “wrap-around” services approach. Together, as a community, we are able to address the complex needs of justice-involved individuals and their families.
