Our mission is to cultivate healthy futures for children, families, and their communities through the consistency of providing a safe, stable, child centered, and family like environment. 

Our vision is a continuum of care for children and adolescents focused on core values and commitment to quality.

 Child focused - we practice an uncompromised commitment to the needs of children.

 Safety and security - we work every minute of every day to create a safe, predictable environment. 

 Staff - They are the foundation of our success and our most valuable resource.

 Relationships - We focus on building, maintaining, preserving, and teaching healthy relationships.

Leadership - our goal is to inspire and develop more leaders through unbiased accountability. 

Reputation - we value our established reputation of integrity, honesty, and transparency.

Hittle House

774 Internet Dr

Columbus, OH 43207

Phone: 614 443-5454

Fax: 614 737-5248

Alt: 614 214-8840

Heidi McAfee

Executive Director

heidihittle@hittlehouse.com

Mrs. McAfee earned her Bachelor's degree in Forensic Psychology from Tiffin University. She has been working professionally in the child welfare industry since 1997. Having worked for Children’s Services as a caseworker and Juvenile Court as a Diversion Coordinator/Probation Officer, she has first hand knowledge of what placing agencies look for in programming. Mrs. McAfee has twenty years of experience working with adolescent males with sexually abusive behaviors.

Mrs. McAfee is responsible for program management and human resources.

Heather Bush

Executive Director

heatherbush@hittlehouse.com

Mrs. Bush has a BA degree from Otterbein College in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and a minor in Psychology. She has worked in the administration/finance industry for 9 years. Most recently, she has worked as a case manager for a therapeutic foster care network. Heather has worked professionally in the child welfare industry since 2006. Mrs. Bush is responsible for all fiscal and administrative duties.

Mrs. McAfee & Mrs. Bush attend several professional conferences annually, to include Public Children’s Service Agencies of Ohio (PCSAO) conference, Ohio Probation Conference, Two Days in May (Victim’s Assistance) Conference and the National ATSA Conference. Heidi and Heather are the proud owners of Hittle House.

John Williamson

Program Manager

john@hittlehouse.com

Mr. Williamson attended the Ohio State University with a concentration in Human Resources. John has 2 years experience working with special needs and at risk children as a Behavior Specialist for an SBH/ED classroom at North Ridge School District and Zanesville Middle School. He coached High School football for 6 years. He is reponsible for all daily operations and staff developlement. He has been with Hittle House since 2007.

Shane Mickey

Program Supervisor

shane@hittlehouse.com 

Mr. Mickey has been with Hittle House since December 2008. He served as an area high school baseball coach for many years. Shane is responsible for all daily programming, new hire training and orientation, serves on the  risk prevention (safety) committee and supervises a staff of 20-30 Behavior Support Specialist and Shift Supervisors.

Irma Dotto

Compliance Manager

irma@hittlehouse.com

Ms. Dotto graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor's degree in Sexuality Studies. While attending OSU she worked as a student research assistant in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. In 2013/2014 she was an intern at Hittle House and in 2015 she accepted the position to oversee all licensing, accredititation and quality control duties. 

Scott Borthwick III

Care Coordinator

scott@hittlehouse.com

Mr. Borthwick has been employed with Hittle House since 2015. He is responsbile for Care Coordination to include  managing all residents care while living here at Hittle House. He manages all medical appointments, visitation, all client records and documentation.  

Mary Griffin

First Shift Program Supervisor 

mary@hittlehouse.com

Ms. Griffin has been with Hittle House since October 2008. She has worked in residential care since 2003. Mary served as a high school and junior high volleyball coach for several years. She is responsible for all first shift programming, education, appointments, food service, and supervises a staff of 6-9 direct Behavior Support Specialists. 

Emily McKenna-Lowe, MSSA, LISW-S

Clinical Director

Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist

emily@hittlehouse.com

Earned her Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Ashland University and her Master's Degree from Case Western Reserve University in Science and Social Administration. For the last 7 years she has specialized in treating adolescent males with problematic sexual behavior in residential treatment settings. She is a member of NASW and ATSA. She has been with Hittle House since 2008 providing clinical supervision, individual, group, and family therapy.

Sammi Ottney, MSW, LSW – Program Clinician

Sammi@hittlehouse.com
Earned her Bachelors' degree in Social Work from Capital University and her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Denver.  She was an undergraduate intern at Hittle House while at Capital University. In addition to social work, she studied animal assisted therapies and hopes to institute some of that experience into her work here at Hittle House. She joined the team in July 2018.

Shay Greenwalt

First/Second Shift Clinical Intervention Specialist/Supervisor/Group Therapy 

shay@hittlehouse.com

Mr. Greenwalt joined Hittle House in 2019. Prior to accepting employment at Hittle House, Mr. Greenwalt interned in the JSO program while completing his undergraduate degree. He is responsible for all first shift programming, education, appointments, food service, and supervises a staff of 6-9 behavioral support specialists. He has a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology from Tiffin University.

Chris Hicks

Group Therapy & Clinical Intervention Speclialist (Psychoeducational)

chris@hittlehouse.com

Chris Hicks is native of Detroit, Mi and a graduate of Western Michigan University. He has been working in the mental health profession for the past ten years in a variety of forms. His goal is to help break the stigmas and change the narrative around the aspects of mental health as a whole. Chris has been with Hittle House for over a year.

Dr.Yaser Ramadan, M.D./ Andrea Jones CNP-Psychiatry

Dr Ramadan is our program psychiatrist.  He earned his M.D. from the University of Bucharest. Dr. Ramadan completed a residency in general psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He specializes in the psychiatric treatment of children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Ramadan has been with Hittle House since 2007. Ms Jones has been working closely with Dr Ramadan for several years and sees clients under his supervision.