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New Leadership at Oasis Women’s Counseling Center

Birmingham – January 16, 2008 - Oasis, a 501 (c) 3 organization providing mental health counseling and resources to underserved women and children in the Birmingham metro area, has announced its new officers and new board of directors members for 2008. Its officers include: President, Benny LaRussa, Jr., Sterling Capital Management; Vice President, Lessie Brady, First Commercial Bank; Secretary, Jim Sisson, Vantage Associates; and Treasurer, Melanie Nichols, Canterbury Trust Corporation.

New board members include Patty McDonald, Community Volunteer; Brooke Tanner Battle, Managing Director, Foundation Fund Management Co.; Marvell “Chip” Bivins, Vice President Audit and Compliance, Energen Corporation; Judi Favor, M.D., Sparks and Favor, P.C.; and Dale Turnbough, Assistant Vice President Public Relations and Marketing, University of Alabama.

 

OASIS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON GRANT

In July, 2003 Oasis received its first-ever grant from a national foundation: a four-year $720,000 matching grant from the Local Initiative Funding Partners Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Over 300 organizations from across the country competed for awards under this program. Only 18 organizations – just 6% of those who applied – were funded.

The grant funded the creation of a 48-month program called WholeHealth which is now in its fourth year. Oasis received a $360,000 grant award from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the program, and local matching funds have been provided by grants from The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, The Hugh Kaul Foundation, the Robert R. Meyer Foundation, Protective Life Corporation, Alabama Power Company, the Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the Tenet Group (Brookwood Medical Center) and The Samuelson Fund for the Promotion of Public Health.