What Does THE OASIS Group Do?
The OASIS Group partners with organizations and networks to co-create strategies that scale their ability to prepare and equip students for success in STEMM.
What Problem Do We Help Solve?
The United States faces a critical challenge: a growing talent shortage in robust and expanding STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medical) job markets. STEMM occupations are projected to grow by 10.4% between 2023 and 2033, significantly outpacing the 4.0% growth rate for all occupations, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This demand outstrips supply, with some staffing agencies reporting only one qualified professional available for every two available STEMM jobs.
The STEMM workforce shortage poses a significant risk to innovation across all industries, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and technology, particularly given that STEMM accounts for 69% of the US GDP and supports 67% of all US jobs. Furthermore, many of the most pressing national challenges, such as climate change, public health crises, cybersecurity threats, and crumbling infrastructure, necessitate innovative STEMM-based solutions.
Addressing this challenge requires ensuring equitable access to STEMM opportunities for all groups. However, women, people of color, and individuals from low-income backgrounds are chronically underrepresented among STEMM graduates and in the workforce suggesting broader, more systemic obstacles to access and opportunity.
Cultivating a larger and more diverse STEM workforce will provide a broader range of perspectives and expertise, essential for effectively tackling complex issues.
Why Work With Us?
Helping organizations increase STEMM access and opportunity at scale.
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OUR TEAM
Karl W. Reid, Ed.D. CDP
Founder, The OASIS Group
For nearly three decades, Dr. Karl Reid has been a leading national advocate and thought leader for increasing access and opportunity in STEMM. He is the founder of The OASIS Group, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations scale their impact on enhancing student support and success. As the former Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at MIT, Dr. Reid led the Institute’s strategy for creating a welcoming and inclusive campus community. He also served as the PI for the NSF INCLUDES Engineering PLUS Alliance. He is the author of “Working Smarter, Not Just Harder: Three Sensible Strategies for Succeeding in College…and Life.”
Prior to returning to his alma mater to assume this new role, Dr. Reid served as the Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer at Northeastern University. A certified diversity professional (CDP), he also held the title of Professor of Practice in the Graduate School of Education. Dr. Reid came to Northeastern from the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), where he served as Executive Director and co-founder of the NSF-funded 50k Coalition, a national effort designed to increase the representation of women and BIPOC students in engineering. He joined NSBE from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) as Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation and Member College Engagement. In a previous stint at MIT, Dr. Reid was an Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and the Executive Director of Engineering Outreach Programs for the School of Engineering, after spending 12 years in product and project management in the tech sector. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, and a doctorate in education from Harvard University
Rahul Kay
Director for Client Success
Ibis Consulting Group
Ibis Consulting Group
Rahul Kay is the Director for Client Success at Ibis Consulting Group. Prior to this role, Rahul was the CEO of an employee experience firm, a Mckinsey consultant, a UN global health official, and a group therapy facilitator. He has a background in clinical psychology, organizational development, and cultural sensitivity.
He’s been featured by Harvard, The World Bank, and NASA – and has worked with +75k employees across over 70 organizations. Rahul studied clinical psychology at Tufts Medical, abnormal psychology at Cornell, and leadership development at MIT Sloan.
Roeshana Moore-Evans
Founder & Principal, Strategy &
Organizational Management – Equity Empowerment
Organizational Management – Equity Empowerment
Roeshana Moore-Evans brings over a decade of leadership experience in higher education and nonprofit management, with a proven track record of helping executive leaders and staff rebuild trust, improve communication, and foster equitable and inclusive workplace cultures. She has held senior roles at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard University, and Count Me In—a nonprofit initiative launched from the Broad—where she successfully led efforts to transform organizational culture and guide teams through periods of complexity and change. Roeshana integrates restorative practices, team-building strategies, and equity-centered workshops to cultivate work environments grounded in trust, accountability, and aligned leadership. Through her consulting practice, she partners with mission-driven organizations to ensure alignment between their values, culture, and operations—especially during times of transition or organizational repair.
Gabriel Najera
Strategic Advisor
Systems Thinker
Champion for Community-Driven Change
Systems Thinker
Champion for Community-Driven Change
Gabriel Najera is a seasoned strategist and trusted advisor to nonprofit, public sector, philanthropic, corporate, and academic leaders working to solve some of society’s toughest challenges—educational equity, systemic racism, workforce disparities, immigration reform, and economic inequality.
Founder and President of Najera Consulting Group, Gabriel brings over four decades of experience guiding coalitions, organizations, and institutions toward meaningful, systems-level change. His consulting work draws on a lifetime of activism, executive leadership, and a multicultural lens shaped by his pioneering efforts to advance Latino representation in engineering and his professional leadership roles in the U.S. and abroad.
Known for blending rigorous strategy with pragmatic, people-centered approaches, Gabriel’s work helps organizations sharpen their mission, measure what matters, and design sustainable pathways to social impact. His clients include major corporations, national nonprofits, community-based organizations, and educational institutions nationwide.
With an MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University, Gabriel is equally at home in boardrooms and community forums. Often described as a “business philosopher,” he invites leaders to ask the right questions, focus on values, and collaborate across boundaries to achieve lasting change.
Mikala Streeter
Learning Architect
Educational Strategist
Founder, Wild Oasis Learning
Educational Strategist
Founder, Wild Oasis Learning
Mikala Streeter is an innovative education strategist with a passion for designing joyful, future-ready learning experiences. With a background in computer science from MIT and a master’s in education from Stanford, she blends deep technical expertise with a bold, human-centered vision for how students learn best.
Mikala partners with schools, districts, nonprofits, and youth programs to reimagine curriculum, integrate emerging technologies like AI, launch microschools, and coach educators through transformational change. Her work bridges strategy and storytelling, helping clients turn bold ideas into actionable, measurable learning outcomes.
Mikala’s curriculum design has powered national programs with organizations like Google, NPR, Black Girls Code, and Teach For America. She is especially skilled at making complex ideas teachable—bringing clarity, creativity, and cultural relevance to every learning experience she touches.
Based in Atlanta, Mikala works across the U.S. and globally, helping visionary leaders build what’s next in education.
Dr. Tiana Yom
Founder and Principal of
Counter Narratives Group, LLC
Counter Narratives Group, LLC
Dr. Tiana Yom is an evaluation researcher and strategic leader with more than 15 years of experience designing, implementing, and assessing school- and community-based initiatives. She holds an Ed.D. in Health Behavior Studies from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she developed deep expertise in research design, public health theory, and applied evaluation. Dr. Yom’s professional training includes Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE), mixed-methods research, program theory and logic modeling, evaluation capacity building, and data visualization.
Across academic, government, and applied settings, Dr. Yom has held senior roles in the New York City Department of Education, served as Assistant Research Professor in Public Policy and Health Sciences at Northeastern University, and was the Inaugural Director of the Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab. She has secured more than $2.5 million in funding from federal and philanthropic partners—including the CDC, NIH, USDA, NSF, Children’s Health Fund, Ford Foundation, and Helen Keller Foundation—and led more than 65 community–academic partnerships advancing evidence-informed practice.
Dr. Yom is the Founder and Principal of Counter Narratives Group, LLC, where she advises corporate, government, and nonprofit organizations on evaluation strategy and applied research. Her work focuses on K–16 education systems, youth development, workforce development, civic engagement, and social determinants of health. She helps organizations challenge conventional data narratives, design strategies grounded in equity and evidence, and make decisions that lead to lasting, system-level transformation.
