Program Staff Information

This is a staff list for Pathway Family Center in Indianapolis, IN (Formerly of Porter, IN, Milford, OH, and Detroit, MI)

ALL LOCATIONS REPORTEDLY CLOSED!!

(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 Pathway Family Center. 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 Pathway Family Center, you have the right to take action.

If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Pathway Family Center, 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 Pathway Family Center and rescue them if they are there now.

Name	Unit/Position	Additional Information
Terri Nissley	Founder/Director/CEO	ALL LOCATIONS--Terri Nissley was a Straight, Inc. parent who wanted to keep the abusive program going after it was shut down by authorities. So, she opened a "new" program called Pathway Family Center using the Straight, Inc. psychological torture and brainwashing cult model. Nissley is also the Treasurer for Toughlove International. Here is the website for Toughlove International: http://www.4troubledteens.com/toughlove.html (or www.toughlove.org.au--link works , www.toughlove.org--no longer appears active). It is sponsored by CRC Health Group. Toughlove International was founded in 1979 by Phyllis and David York from Pennsylvania. The website is also sponsored by Aspen Education Group (CRC Bought AEG out), still the same. In addition, Nissley and her husband Ken operate Kenter (KenTer a.k.a. Ken and Terri) Homes, a real estate "business" in Indiana. They have a history of scamming people with Multi-Level-Marketing schemes including Amway.
Helen Gowanny	Program Director	Gowanny was also a director for Straight, Inc.
Kathy Row	VP of Clinical Services
Victoria Winebarger	Senior Therapist	Reportedly worked at and was referred to as Mrs. W at the Indianapolis location as well. Reported by PFC survivor on April 21st, 2011
Barbara Towner	Spokesperson
Betsy Hickman	Chief Operating Officer
Daniel Franz	Counselor
Joyce Bryant	Fundraising
(Dr.) Mark Menestrina	Medical Director
Rachael Noble	Community Liaison
(Dr.) Loretta Kroin	Psychologist
Laurie Frankie-Polz	Community Liaison
Patricia Ehlurt	Admissions Coordinator
(Dr.) Mark Soverinsky	Program Psychiatrist
(Dr.) Richard Heyman	Pediatrician	Heyman also worked for Straight, Inc., Kids Helping Kids (prior to Pathway), as well as Pathway Family Center.
Sally Jo Levy Soverisnky	Executive
Becky Struck	NO TITLE
Kelly Vance	NO TITLE
Jeanine Hanna	NO TITLE
Tisha Guthrie	NO TITLE
Barb Morgan	Admin. Asst.
Ronda Fields	NO TITLE
Jacqueline Hamdi	NO TITLE
Anoah Eeberhardt	NO TITLE
Cindy Ellis	NO TITLE
Shaun Cutrell	NO TITLE
Andrea Porter	NO TITLE
Curtis Trent	Therapist
Kyle Rumple	Peer Staff
Linda Pope	NO TITLE	Pope was also the director of Kidscope (another Straight, Inc. spin-off in Ohio).
Josh Kushnereit	BOD	Kushnereit is a program "graduate".
Brad Cairns	Peer Staff
Lindsay Wondero	Community Liaison
Summer Deepe	Community Liaison
Chad Peele	Peer Staff
Flora Wilsker	Community Liaison
Carol Lahke	Event Specialist
Penny Walker	Vice President/Former Director of Kids Helping Kids	Kids Helping Kids--OH Location--Kids Helping Kids tortured teenagers and defrauded families for over a decade. Pathway Family Center acquired Kids Helping Kids and decided to keep Penny Walker, a known child torturer, on as Vice President of Pathway Family Center. Kids Helping Kids (KHK) was also based on the Straight, Inc. model.
George R. Ross	Founder	Former Executive of Straight, Inc. (confirmedly torturous program closed in the 1990s for child abuse, rape, and torture). 1980 – 1981 Founding Director of L.I.F.E., INC., Drug Abuse Center, Sarasota, Florida 1981 Founding Director of KIDS HELPING KIDS, Drug Abuse Center, Hebron, Kentucky 1983 - 1992 Founding Director of POSSIBILITIES UNLIMITED INC., Drug Abuse Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Kevin Beatty	Director	At different times for both the Porter (never opened/operational) and Milford (KHK) locations.
Stacy Jelett-Klausiadis	Clinical Staff	Stacy now works at Northland Intervention Center in Milford, OH, according to survivor e-mails and Stacy's facebook profile (linked above).
Dana Jackson	Receptionist/Intake
Troy Spitzmueller	Assessment/Peer Staff	Spitzmueller went on to NorthKey (confirmedly abusive).
(Dr.) Marlene Schmidt	Psychiatrist	Schmidt as well as the other medical/mental health professionals on this list should have their licenses revoked as well as be banned from working with youth again.
Monica Mertens	Director	Mertens now works for the Transitions cult.
Cathy Leahy	Board Member, President	OH Location--Leahy Consulting
John Williams	Board Member, Secretary	VP of 53 Investment Advisors
Thomas L. Plautt	Board Member, Treasurer	Partner at Deloitte & Touche
Michael J.Laatsch	Board Member	VP of Corporate Communication for Western and Southern Financial Group
Chris Compton	Board Member	Asst.Treasurer, Chiquita Brands International Inc.
Gregory Gibbons	Board Member	Sr.VP of Corporate Banking at National City Bank
Richard Heyman	Board Member	Pediatrician*
Ryan Levin	Board Member	VP of Caesar Creek & Turtle Creek
Beth Levy	Board Member	There is no other information on this person at this time.*
Steve Lowisz	Board Member	Also on Michigan board and with Qualigence, Inc.
Mark D.Lutz	Board Member	Vice Principal of Milford High School.
Dale Schaefer	Board Member	Clinical Technologies, Inc.
Timothy Theissen	Board Member	Attorney with Strauss-Troy
Jim Willman	Board Member	VP of Central Bank & Trust of Northern Kentucky
Randy Young	Board Member	R. Young & Associates
Don Allen	Board Member	Indianapolis Location--VP of Mortgage Lending at Union Savings Bank.
S. Schadel	Peer Staff	Reported by PFC survivor on April 18th, 2011. HEAL generally doesn't like to report on peer staff unless the individual continues to support the program and/or to work for a similar program. Another Peer Staff reported was R. Bushman. If S. Schadel and/or R. Bushman would like to be removed or to post a statement regarding PFC, please contact us at closepfc@heal-online.org. While the programs are closed, we still maintain an ongoing database on the program's activities and the activities of those who were involved.
Kathy Rowe	Staff	Reported by PFC survivor on April 18th, 2011
Delport (only part of name reported)	Staff	Reported by PFC survivor on April 18th, 2011
Ray Compton	Board Member	CEO of Compton Strategies
Ryan P. Moe	Medical Staff
John Delaney	Board Member	Executive VP of Innovative Medical Management
Robert Dorman	Board Member	Investment Advisor, Dorman Benefit Consultants
Kimberley Graham Lee	Board Member	Hufford Financial Advisors
Chris Malott	Board Member	Youth Pastor, Middle School Ministries, Zionsville Presbyterian Church,
Chris Norwood	Board Member	Chief Investment Officer for Thunderbird Management, Inc.
Sean O'Connor	Board Member	Psychiatrist
Tim O'Donnell	Board Member	Director of Trading for Charles Schwab & Co.
Randy Schalburg	Board Member	Law Enforcement Officer/Special Investigation Drug Unit.
Mark Sherman	Board Member	Benefit Consultants Inc.
Kevin J. Garvey	Board Member	There is no other information available on the board or staff at this time.*
Joseph Brown	Board Member	Chesterton/Chicagoland/Porter Location--BP Products NA, Whiting Refinery, Procurement Mgr.
Julie Brown	Intake/"Assessment"



Frances Firestone Masterman	Board Member	Firestone International Associates, Inc.--Consultant
Karen Fischer	Board Member	St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Center--Staff
Michelle Green	Board Member	Also with Allied Therapeutic
Jerry Kirby	Board Member	Guidance Counselor (referrer) for Valparaiso High School
Heather Harrigan	Board Member	Century 21 Executive Group, Director
Michael Prendergast	Board Member	FBI-Special Agent
Mann Spitler	Board Member	Retired Podiatrist
Robert Taylor	Board Member	Porter County Prosecutors Office
Greg Wilson	Board Member	Principal of Memorial Elementary School
Theresa Valade	Board Member	The Growth Coach--a professional coaching enterprise.--Affiliated with the Coach Training Alliance. David Herdlinger, of the Coach Training Alliance has been in trouble for fraud before. "David Herdlinger, a former Arkansas prosecutor and judge, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1986, having accepted bribes to waive charges..." Herdlinger reportedly plead guilty and was later pardoned for the offense. A pardon is the forgiveness of the crime by higher authorities.
Ken Williams	Board Member	FC Tucker Commercial Northwest--Realtor and Commercial Consultant
Troy J. Williams	Board Member	Law Enforcement Officer--Portage
Scott Adler	Board Member	Michigan Location--Partner, Insight Strategies.
Gerry Dzuiblinski	Board Member	There is no other information on this person at this time.*
Kenneth Nissley	Director	Michigan-Detroit Location of Pathway Family Center. Nissley is Terri's husband.
Elizabeth (Beth) Bunn	Chief Clinical Officer
Jeni Nissley (other last names include Connor and Leonard)	Peer Staff	Untrained/uneducated youth in control of "newcomers" to the cult.
Rollie Harmes	Board Member	Owner, Harmes Consulting, Inc.
Stacey Klett	Board Member	Univ. of MI Health System
Steve Lowisz	Board Member	Qualigence, Inc.
Kathy Mechigian	Board Member	There is no other information on this person at this time.*
John Singleton	Board Member	Daimler Chrysler Corporation
Josh Kushnereit	Board Member	Regional Sales Manager, American Insurance
Mark Merlanti	Board Member	There is no other information on this person at this time.*
Scott Schaedel	Staff	Parent reports that this staff member was horrible and awful to the kids and berated the kids unnecessarily.
OTHER	OTHER	INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has taken legal action against an Indianapolis area professional fund-raiser for allegedly violating the state's Deceptive Consumer Sales Act (DCSA) and failing to meet other state fund-raising filing requirements. The suit was filed in Hamilton County Superior Court. Carter said Phipps & Associates, and Indiana Outreach/Phipps, Inc., used "outright fabrications" while canvassing for donations. Phipps has engaged in campaigns for the Association of Indiana State Troopers, VFW Department of Indiana, National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, Inc., Pathway Family Center, and United Care USA. About 20 consumer complaints have been filed with the attorney general's office against the Phipps group, Carter said. Some of the allegations include mailing consumers a written pledge confirmation when the consumers never agreed to donate; telling consumers they donated to the charity in question sometime in the past when they never did; and posing as an officer or employee of the Indiana State Police while conducting campaigns on behalf of the Association of Indiana State Troopers. Enforcing fund-raising laws is important, because consumers can't always distinguish between a charity and the fund-raising company hired to help it, Carter said. The laws help ensure that the charities don't get tarnished, he said. Information about professional fund-raising campaigns are posted on the Indiana Attorney General's Web site. Source: http://www.theindychannel.com/call6/3731009/detail.html
*(Pathway Family Center, 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.)
PFC Owners File Bankruptcy: September 10th, 2010
Nissley's Bankruptcy Details Found here: http://bankrupt.com/TCR_Public/100928.mbx KENNETH NISSLEY: Case Summary & 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors -------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Debtors: Kenneth J. Nissley Terri Nissley 12063 Old Stone Dr Indianapolis, IN 46236 Bankruptcy Case No.: 10-14372 Chapter 11 Petition Date: September 23, 2010 Court: United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Indiana (Indianapolis) Judge: Basil H. Lorch III Debtor's Counsel: Briane M. House, Esq. NORRIS CHOPLIN & SCHROEDER, LLP 101 West Ohio Street, Suite 900 Indianapolis, IN 46204-4213 Tel: (317) 269-9330 Scheduled Assets: $246,875 Scheduled Debts: $2,204,585 For more on this case, visit: http://bankrupt.com/misc/insb10-14372.pdf

Last Updated: September 22nd, 2011

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