About Us

From the Founder:

I founded Golden Goose Homes in June 2021 to fight homelessness and generational poverty in our community.

"Housing" is the game of musical chairs that we all play every day, in every town, and on every block. When the music stops the least advantaged of us wind up on the street; then the music starts up again...

The most advantaged among us own our own homes. Then comes those that own with mortgages, renters, cohabitants, and finally the homeless.

While owning a home is the most reliable way to end generational poverty, right now our community is sliding in the opposite direction: home ownership rates are declining, rental market rates are climbing, and economic pressures are forcing us to the curb.

I thank you for visiting us here today. Our projects have the common goal of providing sustainable, scalable solutions to help people hang on to housing and eventually climb the ladder to homeownership.

Please join us or help out in any way you can.

Let's make the world a better place!

-- Rian Booker, May 2022

Board

Executive Director - Rian Booker

Mr. Booker is a career project manager and recovering PMP. He has built and organized some of world's greatest teams to build some of the world's greatest products at places like Microsoft and Amazon. Now that Mr. Gates and Bezos seem like they're going to be alright, he's looking to help people that may still need a hand.

Secretary - Kimber Starr

Ms. Starr has been organizing and moving mountains since she saved her neighborhood park from developers at age 8. She is a proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation and carries an extensive background in city, county, state federal and tribal government relations.

Board Members

Jenny Lorton is a Human Resources Executive and former homeless services provider executive who is still actively involved within the community as an advocate.
Shannon Reynolds is a lifetime Tacoma resident with a background in tax and real estate.