Committed to keeping our island community thriving
Our team believes that affordable housing is the heart of a thriving, inclusive island community. They are committed to delivering on our mission because, without it, many of us wouldn’t be able to stay in the place we love.
Paul Fischburg (he/him)
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Paul brings more than 25 years of community development experience, including 11 years as Executive Director of a nonprofit he founded in West Seattle, where he led the development of $40 million in affordable housing and community-serving facilities. Now retired from his most recent career as a public high school teacher, Paul has served as Board Chair of the Home Trust and is stepping into the role of Interim Executive Director, bringing deep leadership experience and a long-standing commitment to community-rooted housing.
Paul and his wife Barbara enjoy hosting neighbors and being part of their Cape San Juan Community, and explore the waters around it in their kayaks often.
paul@hometrust.org
Oswyn Eshelman (they/them)
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Oswyn is a long time islander who joined our bookkeeping team in 2022. They are passionate about plants, cats, and housing justice. They have a background in finance and accounting with work history in corporate finance, governmental finance, and small business bookkeeping. After experiencing firsthand the struggle of finding affordable housing on the island, Oswyn was excited to begin using their talents to support the mission of the Home Trust.
Since becoming the Director of Finance in 2023, they’ve been an anchor of our operations, continuing to grow and professionalize our financial capabilities as an organization.
Larissa Nash (she/her)
HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER
Larissa is a long time island, 7th generation of her family here in Friday Harbor. She is very passionate about making a change for our happiness and creating self sustainability as a community. She has a background in business management, food and beverage as well as commercial fishing having been raised by a 6th generation commercial fisherman and a 1st generation Honduran chef. After running her family restaurants for 10 years in Honduras and moving back to the island to raise her son, she encountered the difficulties of affordable housing for her and her partner to raise their son in a home of their own. She is very excited to be able to support the progress of creating affordable housing in her mission to have a self sustainable community once again.
Larissa joined the Home Trust in 2024 as the Logistics Lead and catch all for Home Trust business, happenings, and administrative functions. Her capabilities became quickly apparent and she began training in housing counseling—eventually being promoted to Housing Program Manger in 2025.
Lily Goldberg (she/her)
DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
Lily moved to the islands from Philadelphia, where she graduated from Temple University with a degree in Urban Studies & Community Development, and worked with several affordable housing & community development nonprofits. In 2015, Lily biked 4,200 miles across the country, stopping along the way to work on affordable housing construction sites.
She joined the Home Trust team in 2020 and works as the Director of Housing, helping homebuyers through the purchase process.
Kasha Goldberg
OFFICE GREETER, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Kasha moved to the island in January of 2021 and immediately picked up an important job in our office of greeting visitors and giving snuggles.
When she’s not at the office, she’s chasing tennis balls at the dog park and napping in the sun.