This is a  staff list for Cedar Ridge Academy in Roosevelt, UT

(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 Cedar Ridge Academy.  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 Cedar Ridge Academy, you have the right to take action. 

 

If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Cedar Ridge Academy, 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 Cedar Ridge Academy and rescue them if they are there now.

 

Name

Unit/Position

 Additional Information
Robert Nielson Program Director/Owner  
Pamela Nielson Counselor/Owner Robert's wife.  Co-founded the program in 1996.
Wes Nielson Director of Operations/Owner Degree from fake "University of Phoenix" programs.
Sean Haggerty Admissions/Owner Haggerty has been with Cedar Ridge since 1998.
Nadine Nelson Accounting Joined Cedar Ridge in 2005.
Brent Crane Therapist Brigham Young University (BYU) graduate.  Crane has been with Cedar Ridge since 2002.
Shane A. Whiting Therapist BYU graduate.  Joined Cedar Ridge in 2004.
Josh Miller Therapist Degree from fake "University of Phoenix" programs.  Miller joined Cedar Ridge in 2001 and has worked in other unnamed residential and wilderness programs.*
Layne Southam Teacher Joined Cedar Ridge in 2003.
Chad Hamblin Teacher Joined Cedar Ridge in 2004.
Eric Carlson Teacher Joined Cedar Ridge in 2006.
Jim Munford Teacher Formerly worked for Second Nature Wilderness and seven years in the military including as security for the 2002 Olympics.
Jeremy Conotah Teacher Conotah no longer appears to be working for this program.
Teri Southam Support Staff Formerly worked for Utah Office of Education.  Joined Cedar Ridge in 2006.
Annie Jacobs Support Staff Joined Cedar Ridge in 2001.
Emery Symonds Residential Redwood Home Mgr.  Joined Cedar Ridge (CR) in 2002.
Steven Oldham Residential Aspen Home Mgr.  Joined CR in 2001.  Oldham no longer appears to be working for this facility.
Kevin Hensen Residential Joined CR in 2008.
Darline Allen Residential Ombu Home Mgr.  Joined CR in 2003.
Geary Oakes Student Svcs. Joined CR in 1999.  (See article below.  Oakes was charged with sexually abusing two girls in this program in 2009.  How many unreported victims during those 10 years?)  Oakes no longer appears to be working for this facility.
Deon Bradshaw Student Svcs. Joined CR in 1999.  (female)

Duchesne nurse charged with sex abuse of teens--December 8th, 2009--(Cedar Ridge Academy in Utah)--ROOSEVELT — A man who worked as a nurse at a boarding school for troubled teens has been charged with sexually abusing two of the school's teenage residents.

Geary David Oakes, 57, of Cedarview, Duchesne County, is charged in 8th District Court with two counts of forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, and two counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.

A nurse at Cedar Ridge Academy, Oakes engaged in sex acts with two 15-year-old students from the school, the charges state.

One of the teens told deputies that Oakes gave him pain medication, according to the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office, and that he "provides pain and sleeping medications for the kids at Cedar Ridge and tells them to keep it a secret." Oakes denied that he had supplied anyone with medication that was not prescribed, authorities said.

Cedar Ridge Academy, located north of Roosevelt, is billed as a therapeutic boarding school. Investigators believe Oakes' alleged activities with the teens occurred at the school and at his home during November.  For complete story, click here.  For more on this story, click here and here.
Fact: Cedar Ridge Academy uses same Positive Control Systems methods as WWASPS and Eagle Ranch Academy.

 *(Cedar Ridge Academy, 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.)

 Last Updated: September 29th, 2010

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