This is a staff list for Mount Bachelor Academy in Prineville, OR
(a.k.a. Aspen Education Group)
(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 Mount Bachelor 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 Mount Bachelor Academy, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Mount Bachelor 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 Mount Bachelor Academy and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Sharon Bitz | Executive Director | Bitz has been with Mount Bachelor for 18 years (since 1991--Since it was CEDU) |
| Matthew Lovell | Program Director | Lovell was also Program Director at Cascade School, and private practice Family Therapist and most recently (prior to Mount Bachelor) Dean of Advising at Carlbrook School. |
| Kelli Hoffman | Admissions Director | Hoffman has been with Mount Bachelor since 1990 (CEDU). |
| Bill Hoffman | Residential Director | (Husband to Kelli Hoffman) Hoffman has worked at Mount Bachelor since 1990 (CEDU). |
| Alex Bitz | Co-Founder | This is definitely a CEDU program to this day (July 28th, 2009). |
| Will Bucknum | Department Head | |
| Stephanie Drynan | Spanish Teacher | |
| Jason Jackson | Teacher | to MBA, be was a House Parent for Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. Jason was hired at MBA in 2004. |
| Sammie Joy Meek | Librarian | Sammie started working at MBA in September 2001. |
| Christina Munjar (Kimbel) | Registrar | Christina (Kimbel) Munjar, our Registrar, has been with MBA since February 2007. |
| Mike Phay | Department Head | Mike has worked at MBA since 2007 and has worked with youth for over 14 years.* |
| Patsy Savage | Sub Teacher | |
| Jeff Smith | Teacher | |
| Robin Smith-Jackson | Teacher | Robin joined the MBA cult in 2005. |
| Alan Stearns | Teacher | |
| Stephen Strong | Department Head | |
| Susie Carroll | Finance Manager | Susie has been at MBA since the beginning in 1988 ( CEDU). |
| Kathy Carter | Human Resources Mgr. | She joined the MBA staff in 1988, two weeks before our first students arrived.( CEDU). |
| Bill Gowen | Director of Operations | |
| Carla Culpepper | Exec. Asst. | Carla coordinates all of our Parent Seminars and is the Assistant for Mount Bachelor's entire Administration Team, including Sharon Bitz, Executive Director, Mathew Lovell, Program Director, and Jim Clark, Clinical Oversight Coordinator. |
| Carol Kirsch | Asst. | |
| Melody McKenzie | Asst. | Prior to MBA, Melody worked for the Crook County District Attorney and the Crook County Sheriff‘s Department. |
| Dana Jones | Admissions | |
| Alex Bitz | Alumni Services | He is a founding staff member of MBA. |
| Ron Cavanaugh | Residence Supervisor | Ron joined Mount Bachelor in 1996. He has worked for CEDU and Cascade School in California, and the Amity School in Italy. |
| Mina Steen | Parent Liaison | Mina determines when and if parents can speak with or visit their children. She has completed the Professionals In Residence Program at the Hazelden Foundation‘s Center for Youth and Families. Her degree is from Capella University (an unaccredited online program). Steen has also worked in medical research. |
| Lynn K. Vigil | Phase IV Counselor | |
| Jim Clark | Oversight Coordinator | Jim was the Director of Residence of Happy Valley School for 17 years. |
| Erick Bauman | Facilities | Erick Bauman joined the Mount Bachelor Academy family in 2008. |
| Janet Bechard | Food Services | Janet started work with MBA in 1995, and has 11 years experience with youth.* |
| Jerry Bell | Maintenance | |
| Karen Bell | Food Services | Karen joined the MBA team in 2002. She has worked with youth for over 5 years. |
| Jon Cason | Driver | Jon joined the MBA team in 2008. |
| Diane Dendy | Transportation | Diane joined the MBA team in 2002. |
| Diane Hoke | Food Services | Before coming to MBA in 1994, she was a cook at Crook County High School. |
| Gary Marletto | Driver | |
| Ray Merriam | Driver | |
| Sue Puckett | Food Services Asst. | Sue joined the MBA team in 2000. She has been working with at-risk youth for about 11 years.* |
| Jerred Ashcraft | Phase I Leader | Jerred “Red” Ashcraft came to MBA in May of 2005. He spent his first three years working in Phase II in the roles of Mentor and Assistant Phase Leader. |
| Dean Bonanno | Phase I Supervisor | Dean Bonanno, Phase I Field Supervisor, has been on staff since September 1994. |
| Corey May | Phase I Staff | Corey has most recently worked as a wilderness instructor at Second Nature and Adirondack Leadership Expeditions. |
| Randi McDonnell | Phase I Staff | McDonnell began at Mount Bachelor in April, 2008. |
| Frank Menhams | Phase II Leader | There is no additional info on this staff.* |
| Carol Churchill-Dicks | Phase II Staff | Carol joined the MBA team in 2007. |
| Steve Houghton | Phase II Staff | Steve joined the MBA team in 1988, its founding year. |
| Kori Kuaana | Phase II Staff | In 1995, Kori "graduated" from the MBA program as a student. |
| Tasha Mohr | Phase II Staff | |
| Laura Moore | Phase II Staff | Laura joined the MBA team in September 2007. She holds a Bachelors in Biochemistry from Lehigh University and and is also working on her PhD in Biochemistry at Northwestern University. |
| Jared Sartell | Phase II Staff | |
| Gregg Andrick | Phase III Leader | He has 10 years of working in the boarding school setting the specialize in "Emotional Growth"[cult-like coercive thought reform]. Prior to MBA he worked for several years at Boulder Creek Academy as a Team Leader. |
| Kaysie Dannemiller | Phase III Staff | She has also worked with Catherine Freer Wilderness Expeditions, Ascent, and Phoenix Outdoor. |
| Morgan Davis | Phase III Staff | Prior to joining the MBA team, he worked at a wilderness therapy program and an all male treatment facility. * |
| Scott Johnson | Phase III Staff | Scott joined the MBA team in June 2009. He comes to us with a over 25 years of experience working with youth.* |
| Naty Zamora | Phase III Staff | Naty has 20 years of experience working with adolescents.* |
| Jeff Morse | Program Asst. | Jeff joined the MBA team in 2006. Before MBA, he worked in a myriad of professions, including remodeling motels. |
| Shelly Powell | Program Coordinator | Shelly started working at MBA in November 2006. |
| Mark Rhoden | Program Asst. | |
| Anne Stout | Program Asst. | |
| Tracy Best | Night Staff | Tracy joined the MBA team in 2007. She is a Managing member of Tracy Best & Associates LLC. |
| Rebecca Griffith | Night Staff/Night Watch | Beckie Griffith has been a member of Mount Bachelor's Night Watch staff since August 2008. |
| Kirk Lange | Night Supervisor | Prior to joining the MBA team, Kirk was a Life Skills Facilitator Rimrock Trails Alcohol Treatment Center in Prineville, Oregon. |
| Tony McLain | Night Supervisor | |
| Jessica Mueller | Residential Asst. | |
| Allison Wilson | Night Watch | Allison joined the MBA team in July 2008. She comes to us with experience in the food service and lumber industries. |
| Jaime Zamora | Residential Asst. | |
| Deborah Coehlo | Medication Oversight | |
| Thomas Coehlo | Medication Oversight | Deborah's husband. |
| Crystal Cox | Medical Asst. | Crystal joined the MBA team in July 2008. |
| Susie Fisher | Health Services Coordinator | Susie joined the MBA team in 2008.* |
| *(Mount Bachelor 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.) | ||
On July 7th, 2010, we received an e-mail from a former Mount Bachelor Academy staffer, identifying information has been removed per the request of the author:
----- Original Message -----From:To: HEALSent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 7:11 PMSubject: Re: Removing name
Dear HEAL Team,
Thank you for taking the time to reply and for your assistance.
I do not currently work for and, in the future, will not work for any programs like Mount Bachelor Academy.
Sincerely,
Dear Anon,
You may have your name(s) removed (and/or information edited) by doing any
of the following:
1. Submit an e-mail stating that you do not currently work for and will
never again work for a similar program in the future..OR
2. Submit evidence or a sworn statement (federal declaration) stating that
you never worked for Mount Bachelor Academy...AND/OR
3. For editing and not removal, submit an e-mail or declaration telling
your side of the story to be posted next to your name(s).
Once a name is removed it is under the condition that the staff named does
not resume working at a similar program or facility. If you are found
working for a similar program or facility, your name would be re-added and
the history and connection made.
Sincerely,
The HEAL Team
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <angela@heal-online.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:40 AM
Subject: Removing name
> Dear Angela,
>
> I "Googled" myself the other day and found my name listed on a staff list
> for Mount Bachelor Academy in Prineville.
>
> I no longer work for MBA (nor have I worked for any other therapeutic
> program) and have no desire to work for any other therapeutic boarding
> school or wilderness program of any kind in the future.
>
> Is it possible to have my name removed from this list?
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> Anon>
On April 6th, 2010, we received an e-mail from a former MBA staffer, indentifying information has been removed per the request of the author:
----- Original Message -----From: [removed]To: HEALSent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:25 PMSubject: Re: Remove Name
Hi Angela,
To get into the inaccuracies, of some of the information on your site would take a while, so I concede... MBA, used a CEDU like model. They were never CEDU, however, and that is clearly stated on your site. Just thought you should know.
I don't work for MBA, and it is not my job to police all of the misinformation out there. I have very little interest in doing so. For this reason, I won't continue to correct you.
I have no interest in working for a Therapeutic Boarding School, a RTC, or a wilderness program ever in the future, regardless of whether they are non-profit, or for profit.
Does that work?
Thanks,
[name removed]