BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Oasis Rescue was established in 2005. The Board is all-volunteer; there are no paid positions in the Oasis Rescue organization.

The current Board of Directors are:

Deborah Rodriguez, President
Deborah Rodriguez has been a hairdresser since 1979 and is the author of The Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil and A Cup of Friendship. She spent five years teaching and later directing the Kabul Beauty School in Afghanistan. She also owned the Oasis Salon and Cabul Coffee House in Kabul. Visit her website to learn more about her:
www.debbierodriguez.com

Lindy Walser, Vice President
Lindy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and has been a very successful hairdresser for 30 years. She Facilitated the school operation in May 2005.

Robert C. McLean, Treasurer
A licensed CPA (inactive) has been a financial controller / management accountant for over 30 years.

Edie Kausch, Secretary
Edie Kausch has volunteered through much of her adult life. When her children were growing up, she spent hours volunteering at their schools – from weeding gardens, to serving as a librarian and president of several PTAs. In 2003, she helped successfully raise funds for KMG Ethiopia (Kembatta Woman's Self-Help Center). In 2008, she joined Soroptimist International, St. Helena Sunrise, to be more involved in women’s issues in her own community. During her first year, she chaired LUNAFEST, a woman's film festival sponsored by LUNA Bar to raise funds for non-profits.

Edie was deeply honored when asked to join the board of Oasis Rescue. Through the organization, she feels she can connect her own community to the needs and hopes of underserved women in the Middle East.