Program Staff Information

This is a staff list for Discovery Ranch in Mapleton, 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 Discovery 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 Discovery Ranch, you have the right to take action.

If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Discovery Ranch, please contact [email protected] 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 Discovery Ranch and rescue them if they are there now.

Name

Unit/Position

Additional Information

Clinton Dorny

Executive Director

Siblings work at other residential programs. Dorny is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Craig Smith

Clinical Director

HEAL requires Craig Smith's full name (first, middle, and last) in order to check professional licensure or lack thereof.

Leslie Giles

Residential Director

Giles has worked in the industry for over 20 years. Giles is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Victoria Fielding

Academic Director

BYU graduate. HEAL is in the process of determining whether or not Fielding is a licensed educator in Utah. We will post the information as soon as it is available.

Marlene Kendall

Admissions

Kendall is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Wendy Smith

Office Manager

HEAL did not check Smith's licensure as the title of Office Manager typically does not suggest a requirement of professional licensure.

Matt Child

Therapist

Child is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Dave Blackwell

Therapist

Blackwell formerly worked for other unnamed facilities and has been in the industry since 1992. Blackwell formerly worked for confirmedly abusive Provo Canyon School. The founder of the Discovery Academy and Discovery Ranch programs is Eugene Thorne, one of the founders of notoriously abusive Provo Canyon School. David H. Blackwell (may be a different person) is a licensed substance abuse counselor since 1998 and licensed professional counselor since 2000 in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Lynn Nelson

Therapist

Lynn Ray Nelson (may be a different person) is a licensed clinical social worker and has been since January, 1910. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Wendy Turnbow

Therapist

Formerly with confirmedly abusive Provo Canyon School. Wendy Sue Turnbow is a licensed psychologist and has been since 1995 in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Bob Trevenen

Therapist

Joined Discovery in 2006. Formerly worked for Provo House of Hope. Tevenen no longer appears to work at this program. Trevenen is a certified social worker in Utah and has been only since February, 2012. Trevenen is also a licensed substance abuse counselor and has been since 2001. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Terri Miller

Boys Program Supervisor

Works on the "Forget About Me" program within Discovery. Miller is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Brock Burrows

Girls Program Supervisor

Student at BYU. Burrows appears to no longer work at this program. Burrows is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

(Dr.) Derry Brinley

Psychiatrist

Brinley is an "Osteopathic Physician" and has been since 1994. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. The information below regarding Osteopathy does not sound like psychiatry or specializing in psychiatry to HEAL. Source of information below: http://www.osteopathic.org/osteopathic-health/treatment/Pages/default.aspx

"Osteopathic manipulative treatment, or OMT, is hands-on care. It involves using the hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury. Using OMT, your osteopathic physician will move your muscles and joints using techniques including stretching, gentle pressure and resistance."

Jo Crawford (female)

Nurse

Formerly worked at other unnamed facilities.* There is a Jolene (NOT Jo) Crawford that is a licensed practical nurse in Utah and has been since 2003. This may be a different person. And, if so, Jo Crawford is not a licensed nurse in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Jerry Christensen

Exper. Director

Christensen is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Jake Thorson

Coordinator

Thorson formerly worked at other unnamed wilderness and residential programs.* Thorson is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Jennifer Charrier

Admissions

Charrier is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Jessica Pettersson

Office Manager

HEAL does not typically perform background checks/credential checks on clerical personnel as such positions do not typically entail working with or providing direct support to clients.

Dan Miner

Calf Program Manager/Mentor

Miner is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Utah. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Thomas Holmes

Research Coordinator

HEAL requires Holmes full name (first, middle, and last) in order to verify whether Holmes holds any professional licenses in UT.

Ray Orbin

Therapist

Ray Leon Orbin (may be a different person) is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in UT and has been since 1998. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Jeanette Brown

Therapist

Jeanette Brown is a licensed clinical social worker in UT and has been since 2001. She also holds a Substance Abuse Disorder license and has held that since 1998. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Kip Rasmussen

Therapist

Kipling Steele Rasmussen (may be a different person) is license as a Marriage and Family Therapist in UT and has been since November, 1999. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

William Perry Garso

Therapist

Garso is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and has been since April, 2013. He earned his MS at the University of Phoenix. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

See below:

"The Justice Department announced today that the University of Phoenix has agreed to pay the United States $67.5 million to resolve allegations that its student recruitment policies violated the False Claims Act. This case began as a whistleblower action filed in the Eastern District of California under the False Claims Act, which permits private citizens to bring lawsuits for fraud on behalf of the United States and to share in any recovery. Whistleblowers Mary Hendow and Julie Behn, two former University of Phoenix employees, alleged that the university accepted federal student financial aid while in violation of statutory and regulatory provisions prohibiting post-secondary schools from paying admissions counselors certain forms of incentive-based compensation tied to the number of students recruited. Though the United States did not intervene in this action, the Government provided support and assistance to the whistleblowers at many stages of the case, including filing friend-of-the-court briefs when the case was on appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The two whistleblowers will receive $19 million from the settlement."

The University of Phoenix does not have the specialized accreditation necessary for degrees in psychology. (Source: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx) It is accredited for teaching and nursing degrees.

Tim Lowe

Therapist

Timothy Allen Lowe (may be a different person) hold two professional licenses in Utah. Timothy Allen Lowe is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since July, 1997 and a licensed Substance Use Disorder Therapist since December, 2013. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Shelly Thomas

N. Program Coord.

Thomas holds no professional licenses in Utah. Thomas is not a licensed mental health professional, counselor, social worker, therapist, nor social worker. Source: https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html

Fred Passi

Teacher