Meet Our Team

Julie brings years of event and marketing experience, a heart for missions, and deep faith in Jesus Christ to Asha Partners. She feels so amazingly blessed to assist, even in the slightest way, in helping provide sustainable and dignified ways for the most vulnerable to escape poverty, human trafficking, and child marriage – ultimately showing the hope, freedom, and love found in Christ.

After spending over 20 years in the corporate world, Lori is blessed to now use her talents and skills to support Asha Partners and make a Kingdom impact. She is passionate about being a good steward of the resources and talented team members that God entrusts to Asha Partners.

Prayer Ministry Director. As the Prayer Ministry Director, Ruth engages others daily in prayer for Asha Partners’ ministry projects, staff, board members, donors and partners. Ruth loves Asha Partners’ work in bringing holistic transformation to those who are materially and spiritually impoverished, and she is passionate about serving with the team. Ruth has been involved in prayer ministry and missions for over 30 years, and praying for the unreached is especially close to her heart. Ruth has ministered in several countries across the Middle East and Asia, and she is actively involved in local outreach in the U.S. She also serves on the leadership team helping to organize and implement various Asha Partners events.

Missions Mobilizer. As Missions Mobilizer, Alice’s heart’s desire is to serve the Lord through missions. She ministers regularly in South Asia, especially helping to empower women and girls to come out of poverty with dignity, and has taken more than 35 trips to the region. She has also served short term in China, Brazil, Ukraine, Mexico, Nicaragua, Canada, and Bermuda. She is passionate about telling the story of how God is at work through Asha Partners, and she mobilizes believers and faith communities to partner in this work.

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As Chief Engineer and Designer of the International Aquaculture Projects, John brings sustainable fish farming solutions to those living in poverty. John has developed an effective and efficient, sustainable aquaculture unit with each tank producing 9,000 lbs. of fish per year. He is currently multiplying these efforts in implementing an Aquaculture Fish Farm project that produces 500,000+ lbs. of fish a year for villagers in abject poverty in South Asia, along with a hatchery that raises millions of fingerlings for local fisherman to grow and generate income from. John is excited to be a part of the Asha Partners’ team implementing this Business as Mission project that helps to bring organic fish protein to thousands of children and families in need.

Dr. Amie and her husband, Dr. Abraham, founded Asha Partners with the desire to apply God’s heart of compassion and love for the impoverished through international holistic community transformation projects. She brings over twenty years of experience in cross-cultural ministry and program leadership having served diverse clients in the U.S., East Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Dr. Amie received a B.A., M.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees in the field of Education from universities in Texas. Through her experience as a faculty member in higher education, she developed two master’s degree programs and has taught undergraduate and master’s courses at U.S. universities. A specialist in literacy and English as a second / foreign language education, she combines her passion for empowering girls and women in poverty through educational and economic opportunities with leadership and research initiatives that help drive our educational and community transformation projects.