About HomeShare Kootenai County

HomeShare Kootenai County aims to increase the availability and affordability of housing in Kootenai County by connecting home providers with home seekers. Homesharing is a mutually beneficial arrangement: Providing extra income for one party and affordable housing for the other.

Homesharing is a viable option for a wide range of individuals of all ages. HomeShare Kootenai County will process applications from both home providers and home seekers, screen applicants, and facilitate matches.

 

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Who We Are

HomeShare Kootenai County launched out of the group Housing Solutions Partnership in the Spring of 2022.

We are a Federally recognized 501(c)3 organization serving communities in Kootenai County, Idaho.

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Staff

Duncan Clark Menzies – Program Director

Duncan has been in the non profit world 2021 when he started a fiscally sponsored small performing arts nonprofit, Drawn Together Arts. He comes from an extensive background in experiential marketing working with dozen of brands and arts in a variety of capacities. He loves communicating a shared vision and brings community together. He is also a successful grant writer and engaged in the community. He has been a won awards in leadership from rotary, been a member of Kootenai County Young Professionals, RYLA, and CDA Chamber. In his free time he enjoys travel, yoga, hiking, and artistic endeavors.

Shelly Zollman – Digital / Marketing Support

Shelly actively supports multiple nonprofits in North Idaho and Washington managing social media, web, print, administration, events, and other marketing and outreach tasks.

Board of Directors

Pam Houser – Board President

Pam is VP of Community Relation for Heritage Health. Pam’s primary focus is raising awareness in the community about the programs, providers, and the people the organization’s serves. Before taking the position at Heritage Health, she served as the CEO of the Post Falls Chamber for almost a decade. She is a graduate of The U.S. Institute in Organizational Management. Pam currently serves as a Kootenai County Fire Commissioner, sits on the advisory board to CDA EDC, the Hayden Chamber, and is a member of Rotary International. She has been honored with awards such as Soroptimist Woman of Distinction for Community Service, Small Business of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year.

Donna Brundage – Board Vice President

Donna currently works for St. Vincent De Paul Coeur d’Alene as a Grant Development Specialist and Community Outreach Advocate, and also works as a freelance graphic designer. Donna has worked in the social services field for over 25 years, serving as direct care staff, clinical process coordinator, treatment director, risk management director, regional treatment director, program director, and executive director for Vision Quest. She served as National Risk Management Director for CEDU Family of Services. Additionally, she has completed the Non-Profit Leadership Certificate Program at the University of Idaho, the Mental Health First Aid Certification program, and is also a Suicide Prevention Responder, certified in the ASSIST program.

Donna is an active volunteer in the Coeur d’Alene community, serving or having served as a board member for North Idaho Pride Foundation, NIAC, and Civic Engagement Alliance. She also volunteers for CDAIDE.

Kandi Johnson – Board Treasurer

Kandi owns A-OK Bookkeeping Services, LLC, which is a virtual bookkeeping services specializing in working with small business owners. Kandi was former Community Development Director for Ziply Fiber, and Executive Director of the Hayden Chamber of Commerce. Kandi has the distinction of Awarded Hayden Citizen of the Year in July 2010 for organizational leadership in the Hayden Chamber Debt Reduction program. She is presently on Board of Directors/ Executive Secretary for New Life Christian Center. She is also involved with the following organizations: Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce, Commodore/Past Chairman, Hayden Chamber of Commerce Board of Director/Executive Secretary, Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce Event Coordinator, and Board Member of Museum of North Idaho. Kandi attended North Idaho College and is a graduate of Leadership Coeur d’Alene.

Annie Parker – Board Secretary

Annie Parker is the Social Services Manager at St Vincent de Paul of North Idaho. She is proudly a lifelong Idahoan who moved to Coeur d’Alene from Boise in 2014. She is divorced with three amazing young adult children. Annie’s life experience with homelessness, the military, alcoholism, and single motherhood inspired her to go back and retrieve a higher education in 2016 and allow her to serve others who struggle as she once did. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Lewis & Clark State College in 2019 and began her Master’s degree at Boise State University in 2020. Annie is an active member of her community, sitting on several boards and volunteering her time regularly. She is the board secretary for 208 Recovery North and the board secretary for Kootenai HomeShare. She is also an active NAMI CDA board member and the Region One Homeless Coalition secretary. Annie enjoys assisting others who struggle with mental health issues, addiction problems or co-occurring disorders find their way through life.

 

Louisa Rogers – Board Member

Louisa is with the Center for New Directions at North Idaho College.  She assists single parents and displaced homemakers with community resources and exploration of career and educational paths. She also assists students working towards careers traditionally held by the opposite gender. With the high cost of living in North Idaho, Louisa has witnessed first hand the amount of individuals struggling in our community, especially with housing costs. She believes HomeShare is one of the solutions to the complex issue of the housing crisis.

Becca Stinson – Board Member

From the age of 18, Rebecca worked in the Health Care Industry as a Certified Nursing Assistant and after a few years of this decided to pursue and was accepted into the nursing program through North Idaho College. After careful consideration, 11-years as a C.N.A, and becoming a mother, Rebecca left the Healthcare field and started working for St. Vincent de Paul in early 2015 as an Administrative Assistant under their Grant Per Diem program and steadily moved up from there. Once completing her Associates in Life Sciences, she went on to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree is Social Science’s. Rebecca is currently the Social Services Case Manager for St. Vincent de Paul of North Idaho’s H.E.L.P. Center. For nine years, she has overseen the Women’s Shelter, Men’s Shelter, the Warming Shelter and Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Programs all while facilitating basic needs for at risk community members.

Kiki Miller – Board Member, At-Large

Kiki has been a Coeur d’Alene resident since 1975. She has owned Kagey Company, Inc., a local marketing, publication and promotions firm, since 1992. She has served as a Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, as a Women’s Center Board Member (regional domestic violence organization) and has been named Volunteer of the Year for both the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls Chambers. She also received Woman of the Year honors from the local Soroptimist organization and has volunteered or been appointed to several leadership roles for numerous organizations and nonprofits as well as managing several area events. Kiki and her husband have one son who is involved in music & theater locally in North Idaho.