Staff Biographies
L. Jay Mitchell
Head of School/Founder
Karen Hurt
Academic Director
Ron Schwenkler  NCC, LPC, LCPC    Clinical Director
April Hart
Equine Program Director

Beth Ragland
Director of Outreach and Development
Sharon Findlay
Director of Admissions
John Grago
Admissions Counselor

Brent D. Slife, PhD
Psychologist/Co-Founder

Sara Hunter LMHC
Therapist
Ginger Conley MA, AT Therapist
Mike Beswick LICSW,
Therapist

Elizabeth Lucarelli
Therapist
Emily Loader – Chief Operating Officer and
Director of Resources and Documentation
Rachel Call
Director of Student Life

Douglas Ray Eitel, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist
Carole T. Giunta, Ph.D.
Consulting Psychologist
James E. Orth, PH.D., ABPP
Consulting, Psychologist
S. GREGORY HIPSKIND, MD PhD - Neurology and Behavioral Medicine
Dinah Palmer
Medical Coordinator

Tim Armentrout
Language Arts & Social Studies Teacher

Wesley Thompson
Humanities Teacher

Ron McAlister
Science Teacher
Steve Hedrick
Math Teacher
Jill Balch Coon
Teaching Artist/Artist in Residence
Shawn Schuyler
Humanities Teacher
Tiffany Radford
Art Teacher
Audra Schwenkler
Drum and Dance Coordinator
Paul Fowler
Residential Coordinator
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