Who We Are

The Oasis Center for Women and Girls began in the heart of our Founder, Kelly Otte, a long time ago but became a reality when she and a growing group of supporters filed our legal documents in August, 2007. In January 2008 we moved into the Marshall House at 317 E. Call Street, thanks to the generosity of St. John's Church. There are literally hundreds of people who brought Oasis to life!


Priscilla Barnes is the Program Coordinator for our Girls Circle Program and a Certified Girls Circle Facilitator. Click here to email Priscilla. 
Kathy Bye is the President and Volunteer Bookkeeper. Click here to email Kathy. 
Consuela Hill is a volunteer and handles all the reservations for space in the center..  Click here to email Consuela. 
Annelise Martin is our Intern and a Girls Circle Facilitator.  Click here to email Annelise.
Elaina Schultheis is our Camp Director.  Click here to email Elaina. 
Sarah Sturges is our Counselor and an Advanced Certified Girls Circle Facilitator. Click here to email Sarah. 

Because we are a grassroots organization in the infancy of our life and because we want the maximum number of community members to be involved, we have created a unique leadership structure for Oasis.  Our Board of Directors is relatively small and concentrates on legal and financial governance. The Friends of Oasis was created to focus on fund development and marketing for the organization.  Our Community Advisory Council is comprised of diverse leaders that provide insight, commitment and support to Oasis. 

In the beginning as we talked about the possibility of Oasis becoming real, we knew that if it were needed then people would help us. So we created 100 opportunities for people who believed in the vision of Oasis to become our founding members. And then we started telling our friends about the dream. And our friends told their friends.  And these are the people who became our foundering members -- the “100 who believed in us from the beginning”.   Without them, Oasis would still just be a dream.