This is a staff list for SUWS in Old Fort, NC
(a.k.a. Aspen Education Group, Phoenix Outdoor)
(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 SUWS. 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 SUWS, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by SUWS, 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 SUWS of the Carolinas and rescue them if they are there now.
|
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| Shawn Farrell | Executive Director |
Phoenix Outdoor and
SUWS of the Carolinas are the same program. They have merged into one
and are sharing both names. AEG Outdoor Division - Operations Director |
| Leah Madamba | Program Manager | Leah worked as a therapist with the Aspen Achievement Academy in Utah from 2000 until 2002 and transferred to the SUWS of the Carolinas program. |
| Jesse Quam | Clinical Director | Jesse worked for Aspen Achievement Academy, Passages to Recovery, and The Walker Home and School. |
| Gail Carpenter | Finance Manager | |
| Eric Janoski | Marketing | |
| Melvin Cates | Program Director | Melvin has worked within Aspen Education Group for 5 years as a Wilderness Therapist, Field/Operations Director, and Executive Director for Lone Star Expeditions in Texas. Cates no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Karen Nilsen | Office Asst. | |
| Mickie Revis | Office Asst. | |
| Akela Bryson | Intake | |
| Erin Levine | Admissions | |
| Eric Belsterling | Field Supervisor/Therapist | |
| James Dobbs | Admissions | Dobbs no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Terri Chester | Therapist | |
| Mark Cox | Field Supervisor | |
| Susan Danielson | Field Supervisor | |
| Marie Davis | Field Supervisor | |
| Brooke Judkins | Therapist | Judkins has worked at SUWS since 2007. |
| Brandon Moffitt | Therapist | |
| Kelly Moore | Therapist | |
| Jonathan Stang | Therapist | |
| Lynn Wadsworth | Therapist | |
| Dave Browning | Land Use | Started with SUWS in 2001. Recruiter/Trainer of all wilderness field instructors for SUWS of the Carolinas, Seasons, and Phoenix Outdoor. Dave currently holds the position of Land Use Manager for Aspen Education Group. Browning no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Becca Rockwell | Field Director | Becca started at SUWS in 2005. |
| Taylor Woods | Recruiter/Supervisor | SUWS Idaho "graduate" and The Hyde School "graduate. These are the qualifications for recruiting new members to the cult. |
| William Berry | Field Instructor | Berry no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Zachary Beyers | Field Instructor | Beyers no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Carrie Bonds | Field Instructor | |
| Whitney Burke | Field Instructor | |
| Justin Cantalini | Field Instructor | |
| Kimberly Carfore | Field Instructor | Carfore began as a Field Instructor at SUWS Idaho in 2005. Carfore no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Isabel Carson | Field Instructor | Carson no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Erin Casner | Field Instructor | Casner no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Shawn Chaffin | Field Instructor | Shawn has worked with other youth organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Georgia Environmental Organization, and Earthkeepers. |
| Matt Chrestman | Field Instructor | Chrestman no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Ashley Cofield | Field Instructor | Loosely worded as having been involved in outdoor education since 2004. Possible "graduate".(?) |
| Chance Connelly | Field Instructor | Started in wilderness "therapy" in 2005. Connelly no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Taylor Crannis | Field Instructor | Crannis no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Katie Crowell | Field Instructor | Crowell first started working in the SUWS logistics department two and a half years ago (July, 2009). She worked as a house parent at New Leaf Academy for six months before returning to the Seasons Youth Program. Crowell no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Sally Curry | Field Instructor | |
| Ryan Bachrach | Field Instructor | |
| Christopher Blouch | Field Instructor | |
| Mark Claibourne | Field Instructor | |
| Jill Douglas | Field Instructor | |
| Hannah Davidson | Field Instructor | Davidson no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Liz Dodson | Field Instructor | Dodson no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Michael Dulcis | Field Instructor | Dulcis no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Brandon Edwards | Field Instructor | Edwards no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Roman Evans | Field Instructor | |
| Sarah Flint | Field Instructor | |
| Lurah Folely | Field Instructor | |
| Katie Ford | Field Instructor | |
| Lynx Gallagher | Field Instructor | |
| Elle Glassberg | Field Instructor | Glassberg no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Chris Herndon | Field Instructor | Herndon no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Dana Hickey | Field Instructor | Hickey no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Andy Hill | Field Instructor | |
| Mike Holt | Field Instructor | Holt no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Jesse Howerton | Field Instructor | Howerton no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Elise Juraschek | Field Instructor | |
| Rachel Kaminer | Field Instructor | |
| Brock Kehoe | Field Instructor | Before SUWS of the Carolinas, he worked with several unnamed youth organizations and camps. Kehoe no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Angie Kelley | Field Instructor | Kelley no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Alex Kiryakakis | Field Instructor | Kiryakakis no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Brian Kromer | Field Instructor | |
| Alex Krug | Field Instructor | |
| Christian Lim | Field Instructor | He moved to North Carolina to work for an outdoor school for at-risk youth after graduating. In 2007, he moved to Idaho and started working for SUWS. Lim no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Nathan Lopez | Field Instructor | |
| Ryan Machiele | Field Instructor | |
| Jess Matthews | Field Instructor | |
| Paul Martin | Field Instructor | Former Police Officer Martin no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Chris May | Field Instructor | May no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Andrew McCormick | Field Instructor | |
| Bettie McKemie | Field Instructor | |
| Brent Mill | Field Instructor | |
| Amber Moore | Field Instructor | |
| Jennifer Nance | Field Instructor | |
| Lee Neale | Field Instructor | |
| Phillip Pearce | Field Instructor | Pearce no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Rhane Pfeiffer | Field Instructor | |
| Nickie Pippenger | Field Instructor | Pippenger no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Liz Piriczy | Field Instructor | Piriczy no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Brad Rentz | Field Instructor | |
| Erin Rice | Field Instructor | |
| Ellen Richardson | Field Instructor | |
| Will Rogers | Field Instructor | |
| Alison Ryan | Field Instructor | Ryan no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Blaise Schulten | Field Instructor | Schulten no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Eric Strittmatter | Field Instructor | |
| Liz Sump | Field Instructor | Sump no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Ann-Marie Swartz | Field Instructor | |
| Kada Unwin | Field Instructor | |
| Amy Vandenbossche | Field Instructor | Amy worked with children at a D.N.R. camp, a boy scout camp, and a YMCA camp, as well as another wilderness therapy program in Utah. Vandenbossche no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Mike Vines | Field Instructor | |
| Breck Warne | Field Instructor | |
| Clay Wawner | Field Instructor | Wawner no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Jeremy Wise | Field Instructor | Wise no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Clay Wooldridge | Field Instructor | Wooldridge no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Scott Stockman | Medic | Stockman no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Jess Woodard | Medic | |
| Mike Groves | Logistics | He moved to NC in 2005 and became a Field Instructor at SUWS. |
| Jeff Kilpatrick | Logistics | |
| Robert Major | Logistics | |
| Kelly Pace | Operations | Pace no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Emily White | Logistics | Emily discovered SUWS in January of 2006. White no longer appears to work for this program. |
| Tammy Brown | Logistics/Food Coordinator | Tammy came to SUWS of the Carolinas in May 2004. |
| Donna Grindstaff | Housekeeping | |
| Kevin Waller | Therapist | Kevin worked with high-risk teenagers in a therapeutic, residential setting. He also developed and implemented a group therapy curriculum for middle school children. Much of Kevin’s work and research has been with oppositional defiance and related behavioral characteristics. Waller no longer appears to work for this program. |
| *(SUWS of the Carolinas, 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.) | ||
| SUWS is an Aspen Education Group program. Thomas J. Croke, Educational Consultant, has denounced Aspen Education Group for putting profits over the safety and care of children in Aspen programs. | ||
| HEAL has reviewed multiple Aspen Education Group contracts that appear to be illusory, unconscionable, void/voidable, and arguably illegal. We are in the process of reviewing the enrollment materials for SUWS. In the meantime, please see the reviews for Adirondack Leadership Expeditions, Aspen Achievement Academy, Aspen Ranch, Aspen Institute of Behavioral Assessment, and New Leaf Academy. It is our suggestion that families avoid doing business with Aspen Education Group and/or their individual programs. | ||
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