This is a staff list for Pressley Ridge Ohiopyle Therapeutic Wilderness
(with locations in: DE, KY, MD, OH, PA, TX, VA, Wash. DC, and Hungary and Portugal)
(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 Pressley Ridge. 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 Pressley Ridge, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Pressley Ridge, 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 is currently investigating Pressley Ridge.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Susanne L. Cole | President/CEO | |
| Scott W. Erickson | VP/CFO | |
| Beth Blair | VP of Finance & Acct. | |
| Melvin P. Melnick | Medical Director | |
| Denise L. Sedlacek | VP of Educ. Svcs. | |
| Scott Spangler | VP of Strategic Expans. | |
| Carol Grant | State Director (Former) | Grant was formerly an administrator at confirmedly abusive Straight, Inc. (1984-1991). Grant worked for Pressley Ridge from 1991-1992. Grant also formerly worked for Charter Behavioral Health System from 1992-1994. And, Grant currently works for the Guthrie Health System (2010-present). |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Home Places -- PA Location |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Campus Living/School for the Deaf -- PA Location |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Odyssey--Morgantown, WV Location |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Richwood--Morgantown, WV Location |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Laurel Park--Clarksburg, WV Location |
| Tim Bauman | Director | White Oak--Walker, WV Location (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Jeremy Waugaman | Residential Coordinator | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Doug Pfeifer | Clinical Coordinator | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Brian Elms | Program Supervisor | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Angie Zinn | Program Supervisor | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Kurt Echard | Program Supervisor | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Adam Holcomb | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Tim Hahn | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Randi Harrah | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Tricia Hildebrecht | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Rob Weiler | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Cody Jackson | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| Brad Seevers | MTC | (Staff information provided by current/former staff via e-mail.) |
| No Staff Info | No Staff Info | Grant Gardens--Ona, WV Location |
| *(Pressley Ridge, 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.) | ||
| The Ohiopyle, PA location closed in 2008. Source: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/fayette/s_565592.html?source=rss&feed=11 | ||
| Abuse and Death at Pressley Ridge School--External Link: http://www.teenadvocatesusa.org/InnocenceBetrayed_IN_HARMS_WAY.html | ||
| Woman Reports Sexual Assault at Pressley Ridge--External Link: http://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-woman-sues-ceo-alleged-sex-assault-hypnosis/story?id=11268471 | ||
| Pressley Ridge closing local foster care program http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2016/10/pressley-ridge-closing-local-foster-care-program/ | ||
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