This is a staff list for Carlbrook School in Halifax, VA
(a.k.a. CEDU, Records below account for staff before March, 2005 and after December, 2005 (new ownership))
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at the Carlbrook School. 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/or unethical practices at Carlbrook School, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Carlbrook School, please contact info@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 Carlbrook School and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Glenn F. Bender | Dean of Academics | Formerly worked at confirmedly abusive Academy at Swift River (an Aspen Education Group program) and Blue Ridge School in VA. Also formerly with The Cascade School in California. |
| Timothy Brace | Headmaster | Brace is formerly with the CEDU cult and worked for Carlbrook prior to it having "new ownership". Studied at the US Naval Academy. |
| Andrew Coe | Dean of Students | Studied at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY is where the first MK-ULTRA experiments were done on prisoners.) |
| Kelly Dunbar | Admissions | |
| Jonathan Gurney | Transition Services | |
| John C. Henson | Administration | |
| Justin J. Merritt | Co-Founder (CEDU) and Dean of Faculty | Merritt studied at Oxford and Harvard School of Law. This program opened as a CEDU facility in 2001 and these people have been a part of the program and the cult since that time. |
| R. Grant Price | Co-Founder (CEDU) and Executive Director | |
| Gillan Smith (male) | Advisor | Smith formerly worked for Turnabout Treatment Center and Outback Therapeutic Expeditions. |
| Gail W. Fultz | Asst. Dean of Admin. | |
| Susan Woody | Healthcare Director | |
| Tim Owens | Information Technology | |
| Melissa Peacock | Asst. Dean of Academics | Formerly a translator for AXA Corporation. |
| Malissa Takacs | Elliker's Asst (see below) | |
| Meredith Elliker | Counselor | Elliker no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Erica Derr | Librarian | |
| Craig Bartholomew | Instructor | |
| Jean Bartholomew | Instructor | |
| Brian Bishop | Instructor | Bishop no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Richard Boykin | Instructor | |
| Jerod M. Caligiuri | Instructor | |
| Armando Cooper | Instructor | |
| Stephen Davidson | Instructor | |
| Kevin Elliker | Instructor | Elliker no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Melissa Elmes | Instructor | |
| Nelly Jones | Instructor | Studied at the University of Southern Florida. |
| Matthew Lawton | Instructor | |
| Tamara Liaschenko | Instructor | |
| Chris Peterson | Instructor | |
| Travis Quay | Instructor | |
| Scott Ramey | Instructor | |
| Leslie Robinson | Instructor | |
| Sara S. Spissu | Instructor | Spissu no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Mathew Stafford | Instructor | |
| Kristen Tenzek | Instructor | Tenzek no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Greta Lutman | Advisor | Formerly worked for Stone Mountain School (confirmedly abusive Aspen Education Group program) and SUWS of the Carolinas. |
| Gregory Braund | Assistant Dean of Advising | |
| Brynn Bodi | Advisor | Studied at Univ of Michigan in Ann Arbor. |
| Angela Caine | Advisor | Therapist for LifeSpring Mental Health Services (cult) in Southern Indiana. LifeSpring is associated with the Landmark Forum cult. |
| Solange Cole | Advisor | |
| Trevor Grimes | Advisor | |
| Fridrik Gudmundsson | Advisor | Former therapist with the LDS (Mormon) church in Salt Lake City, UT. Gudmundsson also worked for Aspiro Adventure wilderness program. Gudmundsson no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| Cara Henry | Advisor | Formerly worked at Linden Hill School (a residential program in New York). |
| Jennifer Kreil | Advisor | Formerly worked at Macht Village Programs in Wisconsin. Kreil also worked on the NSO Youth Initiative Project in Detroit, MI. |
| Brandy Litwin | Advisor | Formerly worked at Harbor Creek School in Michigan. |
| Daniel Perry | Advisor | |
| Mindi Perry | Advisor | Formerly worked at Alcona Health Center in Michigan. Perry no longer appears to be working for this program. |
| John Price | Advisor | |
| Rebecca Simmerman | Advisor | |
| Brian Tubbs | Advisor | |
| Kimberly Van Lanen | Advisor | She worked as a Counselor at Pressley Ridge School in Pennsylvania and a Field Therapist at Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions in Oregon and Blackwater Outdoor Experiences in Virginia. |
| Jeffrey M. Georgi | Director of Recovery | Studied at Duke University. |
| Rebecca Georgi | Clinician | |
| Floyd Wiseman | Psychiatrist | Formerly with Durham Regional Hospital and Duke University. |
| Alison Streeter | Alumni Svcs. | |
| Anna Gerard | Transition Svcs. | Most recently she worked at the St. Vincent Home for Children in St. Louis. |
| Stefanie Sheldon | Counselor | Sheldon has been with Carlbrook since 2004 (CEDU years). |
| Jared Tonks | Transition Counselor | Graduate of BYU (Utah) |
| Denise Prendergast | Student Life | |
| Kalyn Sherwood | Student Life | Formerly with Meridian School. |
| Nathan Webber | Supervisor | |
| Jenny Buckland | Floor Coordinator | |
| Virginia Heckert | Floor Coordinator | |
| Catherine Gillie | Floor Coordinator | |
| Chris Jones | Floor Coordinator | |
| Robin Jones | Floor Coordinator | Jones no longer appears to be working at this program. |
| Jamie Klein | Floor Coordinator | Klein no longer appears to be working at this program. |
| Candice McCauley | Floor Coordinator | |
| Leigh St. John | Floor Coordinator | St. John no longer appears to be working at this program. |
| Dean Visco | Floor Coordinator | |
| Deena Sasser | Floor Coordinator | |
| David Smith | Floor Coordinator | |
| Matthew Lovell | Former Dean of Advising | Lovell was also Program Director for Cascade School and the now closed Mount Bachelor Academy that considered and/or utilized the "therapeutic" technique of forcing teen girls to perform lap dances. |
| Natalie Sisson | Former Advisor | Currently works for Three Springs, an abusive program. |
| Julius Jessop | Former Advisor | Currently works for Three Springs, an abusive program. |
| NO OTHER NAMES | NO OTHER TITLES | There is no additional information on staff at this location at this time.* |
| *(Carlbrook School, 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.) | ||
| CEDU Background-- Includes Lawsuit(s) Against CEDU & More | ||
| Christopher Robb--Survivor of Carlbrook, Petition Signature Stating Carlbrook is a behavior modification program. | ||
| External Link--http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8792&sid=2331b93519d245edc9961389f7dfcdee&start=330 | ||
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