This is a  staff list for Falcon Ridge Ranch in Virgin, 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 Falcon Ridge Ranch.  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 Falcon Ridge Ranch, you have the right to take action. 

 

If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Falcon Ridge Ranch, 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.

 

 

 (HEAL recommends you do not send any child to a facility in Utah.)

Name

Unit/Position

Additional Information
Carolle Bell Clinical Director The confirmedly abusive Red Rock Canyon School is sister to this facility.
Nora Wiseman Therapist Specialty: Neurosurgery (lobotomies).  Wiseman no longer appears to work for this facility.
Steve Barrick Therapist Degree from the fraudulent University of Phoenix.  Formerly worked at Kolob Canyon Residential Treatment Center in W. Jordan, UT and Liahona Academy.
Michael C. Armstrong Residential Director  
Ken Kreider Teacher  
Deborah Adams-Cochran Office Manager Formerly worked at Home of the Good Shepard in Las Vegas, NV.
Karen Slack Case Manager  
Shane R. Swensen Teacher  
Mariah Pogue Admissions Formerly worked in juvenile corrections.
Salesi Misinale Fakahua (aka Nale Fakahua) Positive Peer Culture Coordinator Admits that this program uses confrontation "therapy" (a.k.a. positive peer culture).  This is psychologically damaging.  (Salesi Misinale Fakahua is also known as Nale Fakahua and formerly worked for Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center in Utah.)  Positive Peer Culture/Confrontational Therapy is ineffective and harmful.
Athena Gent Staff Formerly worked as a corrections officer. 

 *(Falcon Ridge Ranch, 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: January 23rd, 2011

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