Kristin Miller, Vice President

 Kristin Miller has 22 years of Non-Profit Management and grant-writing experience. She is the Co-founder of The Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center and Books Alive Literacy Though the Arts Program serving more than 20,000 patrons each year. She is L.E.A.P. trained under the direction of Dr. Xavier Amador, founder of the LEAP Institute and author of the book, “I’m Not Sick and I Don’t Need Help.” The LEAP program helps families and loved ones of people struggling with mental health build firm and lasting relationships while setting boundaries of respect and love.

She is the mother of 5 amazing children and lives in Katy, TX with her husband Clyde. She is thrilled to support Oasis Housing in their vision of enabling independent, dignified, family style housing to those who struggle with mental health.

Kristin.miller.tx@gmail.com

Clyde Hendrickson, Secretary

 Clyde has lived in the same home in West Valley City for over 46 years where he and his wife raised five children. His family has grown to include spouses and 16 grandchildren—eight girls and eight boys. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in accounting, then worked as an internal auditor for a financial institution before starting a 38-year career with PacificCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power. His experience there included accounting, business process improvement, and systems analysis, supporting many of the company's major business information systems. He retired in 2013 when he and his wife were called as a senior missionary couple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eastern Canada.

Clyde and his wife live in the neighborhood where Oasis Housing is located.  They support organizations like Oasis Housing who serve those that are often overlooked.

clydeh49@gmail.com

Michael van der Wekken, Treasurer

 Michael was born and raised in West Valley City, Utah, as the youngest of five boys. He graduated from Cyprus High School and then attended Salt Lake Community College for almost two years. He is currently a student at Western Governors University and is working towards earning a degree in accounting. Six months ago he married a wonderful woman and currently lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Michael is bipolar and has been for many years. Because of this, he understands and relates to the many different and difficult problems associated with mental illness. He has a great desire to be able to help those suffering with mental health issues.

themichaelpieter@gmail.com

Dr. Karen Redd, EdD, LCMCH, Board Member

 Dr. Redd has a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership and is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. She is a practitioner of Helix therapy which focuses on person-centered therapy through mindfulness, CBT, psycho-ed, and creative therapies, teaching not only self- awareness but also a robust sense of self with which to navigate difficult feelings and advocate for their own needs. She was the Director and Therapist for Center for Anxiety and PTSD, has served as a part-time missionary for LDS Family Services, Addiction Recovery Program and she was the Volunteer Area Mental Health Advisor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, South America South Area, Buenos Aires, Argentina areas where she assisted missionaries and mission presidents in 19 missions in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

karenredd1@gmail.com

Zendina Mostert, Board Member

Zendina Mostert is an anthropologist, sociologist, applied researcher, and educator, with decades of global and local experience.  Her skills include needs assessments, organizational advising, and innovative problem solving.

Her work has always focused on promoting dignity, advocacy and education for and about the most vulnerable communities: from the homeless of Calcutta to the rural subsistence communities of the Sahara and Rift Valley, to Utah children in foster care and individuals incarcerated at the State Prison.

Zendina is passionate about using ethnographic research, best practice and accountability to improve organizational approaches in a way that meets individual needs.

xendinam@gmail.com

Sharon Evans, Executive Director

In addition to extensive professional leadership positions, including as Director of a nonprofit serving disadvantaged women and teens, Sharon's life experience has offered many opportunities to serve and know a variety of people.

Sharon has a reputation for service and working to create solutions for those in need. She finds joy in helping others. A memory from early grade school is of her first service project. The painted bottle cap project lacked artistic talent but came from a well-intentioned 6-year-old who delivered a box of them to a nearby orphanage.

She and her first husband wrote a grant and created a first of its kind group home, which took children from the Montana State Hospital, for what at the time was called, the mentally retarded. At the time, it was common for children who were developmentally disabled to be placed in an institution in early childhood. The grant was part of a project to bring children into the community and teach them skills that would lead to placement in foster homes. They developed training programs and created the environment needed to best prepare the children for life in the community.

Sharon also had the opportunity to foster over 25 children with a variety of needs, including teens from the juvenile justice system, and provided a home for 15 foreign exchange students and a Cambodian refugee family.

When the need for housing to assist those with mental illness became apparent, it was natural to decide to ‘just do it’. Her personal and professional experiences led to her feeling that everything she has ever done has prepared her for the mission of Oasis Housing.

oasisnonprofithousing@gmail.com