Ben serves as Vice President of Community Development and Housing at Star House, where he leads the organization’s housing work and efforts to replicate the Star House model in communities beyond Columbus. He brings more than a decade of experience spanning street outreach, housing programs, and health care systems serving people experiencing homelessness. 

Alongside his primary role at Star House, Ben serves as Executive Director of the Columbus Coalition for the Homeless, a role that keeps him closely connected to the community partners serving people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. 

Ben came to Star House from Anthem’s Ohio Medicaid Plan, where as Program Manager of Housing Solutions he developed housing-focused approaches to addressing social drivers of health. Before that, he spent seven years with the Mount Carmel Health Street Medicine team, beginning as a Homeless Outreach Advocate working directly with people living unsheltered and later serving as the system’s Homeless and Housing Administrator. He began his career as a member of the United States Air Force. 

 Ben holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Health Care Administration from the University of Phoenix, and a Master of Ministry from Ohio Christian University. He studied Organizational Leadership and Management at the University of Toledo.