Program Director/Owner

Robert Nielson, Marriage and Family Therapist.  Rob earned his B.S. in psychology from Southern Utah State College and his M.S. in Counseling and Educational Psychology with a Marriage and Family Therapy emphasis from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rob has worked therapeutically with youth since 1990.  Rob oversees the clinical/therapeutic component of Cedar Ridge.

Guidance Counselor/Owner

Pamela Nielson, B.A. in English from Knox College, M.Ed. from Utah State University, secondary education emphasis, M.Ed. from University of Nevada Las Vegas, school counseling emphasis.  Eighteen years experience in secondary public education, including 12 years classroom teaching, 6 years guidance counseling.  Admissions Director for Cedar Ridge since the program was founded in 1996.

Director of Operations/Owner

Wes Nielson, B.S. in Family and Human Development from Utah State University, M.S.  from University of Phoenix.  Wes helped found Cedar Ridge in 1996 and has been instrumental in its operation since the beginning.  Wes oversees residential life.

Admissions Director/Owner

Sean Haggerty, B.S. candidate for Masters in Social Work, Utah State University.  Staff trainer for Positive Control Systems, the system for de-escalating and managing emotionally aroused students.  Sean has been a behavior management specialist at Cedar Ridge since 1998.