This is a staff list for Anasazi Foundation in Mesa, AZ
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report abuses you witnessed while working at Anasazi Foundation. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and unethical practices at Anasazi Foundation, you have the right to take action.
If you are a victim (family or survivor) of Anasazi Foundation, please contact angela@heal-online.org if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
Please don’t place your loved one in Anasazi Foundation and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Larry D. Olsen | Founder | One of the founders of so-called "outdoor therapy". Larry Dean Olsen, a long-time associate of Steve Cartisano, is likely abusive. Please read: http://www.nospank.net/bacon2.htm (On any page, you can click on "edit", "find (on this page)", and enter in a word such as "Anasazi" to find it on the page.) |
| Ezekiel C. Sanchez | Founder | BYU graduate. |
| Michael J. Merchant | President/CEO | Mike also serves as chairman of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research. He has been with Anasazi since 1990. |
| Virginia Robinson | Admissions Director | Virginia is the parent of two "graduates/staff" at the Anasazi program. She has been with the program since 1988. |
| Jared M. Dinehart | Clinical Director | BYU graduate. Dinehart joined Anasazi in 2008. |
| (Dr.) David J. Jecmen | Psychologist |
Specializes in "sexual addiction". He has a partnership practice,
Sanctuary: A Healing Place. |
| Daniel Parke | Therapist/Shadow | Formerly worked at youth correction facilities. (unnamed) |
| Sandra Priedeman | Director of Operations | She was formerly a "TrailWalker" before becoming a counselor in 2001.* |
| Andrew Belcher | Field Director | Former "TrailWalker" with the program before becoming a "RidgeWalker". |
| Nathan Godfrey | Logistics Director | |
| OTHER | Board of Directors |
Board of Directors:
Lester W.B. Moore, Chairman
Executive Vice President, Bain Capital
D. Paul Smith, Secretary
Chief Financial Officer, Arbinger Institute
Michael J. Merchant
President/CEO, ANASAZI Foundation
Ezekiel Sanchez
Founder, ANASAZI Foundation
Sterling Tanner
President, Forever Young Foundation Advisory Board
Dr. Ina Bendis, M.D.
W. McComb Dunwoody
President, The Inverness Group
Ralph Earle
Founder, Psychological Counseling Services
Gordon Gartner
Chief of Police (Retired), Payson, AZ
Robert C. Gay
Managing Director, Hunstman Gay Global Capital
Wayne Greene
President, Valley Interiors
Bob & Diana Hunt
Hunt Construction Group
Tom Lewis
T.W. Lewis Company
Larry Olsen
Founder (Retired), ANASAZI Foundation
Pauline M. Sanchez
Former Director, ANASAZI Foundation
Marc Tahiliani
President/Founder/CEO, Awareness Corporation
Terry Warner, Ph.D.
Professor, Brigham Young University Founder, Arbinger Institute
Nathan Olsen
President/CEO, BestNotes
Richard & Claudia Hutchings
Rich & Krista Haws
Dinah Lundell
Jerry Coleman
Managing Director and General Counsel, Alliance Investment Group |
*(Anasazi Foundation, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.)
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