Our Service Team
Triangle Cross Ranch uses a network of mental health professionals, educational consultants, recovery coaches, social workers, spiritual directors, youth mentors, and vocational/technical instructors in order to provide dynamic and effective service plans for the struggling teens who enter our program. By having a service team that is composed of both direct program employees and contract professionals, Triangle Cross Ranch is able to draw upon the many external resources available in our local community to create a collaborative system of care that will benefit your son.
Staff Credentials
Owner/Founder: Jerry Schneider
- B.S. Engineering, Devry University in Chicago, IL
- Administrating and assisting at-risk youth for 25+ years
- Founder of 3 programs for at-risk young men.
- Awarded Wyoming’s Parent of the Year 2002
- Instructed Catechism at RCIA for 10+ years
- USA Boxing Coach Certification
- Owner/Operator of Schneider Ranch for 48 years
- Rodeo Cowboy, Bareback Bronc and Bull Rider for 10+ years
- Outfitting Elk Hunts for 5+ years
Program Director: Michael Morso
- B.A. English Literature, University of Montana, Missoula, 2006.
- Wyoming License: Peer Support Specialist 2014-023-U
- NAADAC “Recovery to Practice” Certificate
- Jason Flatt Suicide Prevention Certificate
- CPR/First Aid Certificate, American Red Cross
- OSHA “10-hour Occupational Safety and Health” Certificate
- Administrating and assisting at-risk youth for 3+ years
Gregory Allen Rymer, PPC Credentials
- Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Marshall University graduate College, South Charleston, West Virginia
- B.A. Degree in Elementary Education from West Virginia University-Parkersburg, Parkersburg, West Virginia – Kindergarten- Eighth Grade
- Counselor (PPC) at Positive Progressions, L.L.C., Powell, Wyoming. Clinical Director – Oversees clinical operations within the agency and providing counseling for children, families, and adults
- Who’s Who Among America’s Young Adults 1996
- Wood County PTA Teacher of the Year 2004
- National Deans list 1993-1998
- B.A. Psychology, University of Wyoming, 2007.
- CPR/First Aid Certificate
- MANDT Instructor Certificate
- Jason Flatt Suicide Prevention Certificate
- 35 years of farming/ranching
- USA Boxing Coach 15+ years
- Administering and assisting at-risk youth for 15+ years
- A.S. Diesel Technology, Wyoming Technical School, 2001.
- CPR/First Aid Certificate
- NAADAC “Recovery to Practice” Certificate
- Professional mechanic for 6+ years
- Volunteer youth ministry leader for 5+ years
- Administering and assisting at-risk youth for 5+ years
- B.S. Cross Disciplinary Studies summa cum laude, Dominican University in Ohio.
- M.A. Theology, Dominican University in Ohio.
- “Protecting God’s Children” Certificate
- CPR/First Aid Certificate
- Active participation as a 4th Degree member of the Knights of Columbus
- 12+ years of teaching theology and Catechism for both children and adults.
- Assisting at-risk youth for 5+ years.
- “Protecting God’s Children” Certificate
- B.A. Humanities and Catholic Culture, Magna Cum Laude, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2014
- Recipient of the Christopher Dawson Award for Humanities & Catholic Culture 2013-2014, the Heart for Ministry Award 2012-2013, and N.C.H.S.S. Alpha Chi 2013-2014.
- CPR/First Aid Certificate
- NAADAC “Recovery to Practice” Certificate
- Participated in 2 mission trips: (1) Managua, Nicaragua 2012 & (2) Steubenville, Ohio 2013
- Participation in a variety of volunteer and service opportunities, e.g., works of mercy programs while at F.U.S.
- (Steubenville, OH/Pittsburgh, PA), Young Adult Ministry Coordinator Divine
- Child parish (Dearborn, MI), Gleaner’s Food Bank (Detroit, MI)
- Over 1 year of experience in working and facilitating the needs of at-risk youth.
- College – Graduated Northwest College with a Degree in Administration. GPA 3.97.
- Over five years of experience working with and facilitating the needs of parents with at-risk youth.
- M.D., Texas A&M University System Health Science College of Medicine, 1999.
- B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1990.
- Internship completed at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2000.
- Residency completed at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2005.
- Specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry.
- 9+ years of practice in Cody, Wyoming.
- P.H.D., Curriculum and Leadership, University of Denver. Superintendent Endorsement, Wyoming and Alaska
- Special Education Director Endorsement
- Principal Endorsement, Colorado, Wyoming and Alaska
- Special Education Endorsement, Wyoming and Alaska
- Regular Education Endorsement, Wyoming and Alaska
- Elementary/Secondary Certificate
- Masters of Social Work
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- School Social Worker Certificate
- University of Wyoming
- Bachelor of Special Education
- Bachelor of Elementary Education
- Bachelor of Social Work
Program Manager: Matthew Schneider
Vocational/Technical Instructor: Marshall McLain
Youth Mentor: James T Barlow
Youth Mentor and Academics Headmaster: Stephen McKay
Office Administrator: Julie Ley
Affiliate Credentials
Psychiatrist: Matthew Hopkins, M.D.
Educational Consultant: Margie Grant PHD
Parent Coach and Youth Advocate: Kevin Johnson
My name is Kevin Johnson, I have two amazing children, which have provided me with three wonderful grandchildren. My passion is serving God and helping struggling teenagers and their families rebuild their relationships.
I became very interested in this field close to 28 years ago, when I was involved in an internship with a drug addiction group. I volunteered as a mentor (big brother) in therapeutic and wilderness type programs for several years before I chose to work with ado
lescence as a career. Working with adolescence and their families has been an integral part of my life, which I have found very rewarding. I enjoy seeing the growth in young people as they turn their lives around and become productive adults. I have a great love for the outdoors and spend as much time there as possible. When in the outdoors I enjoy fishing, hunting, and camping. For many years, I have been involved in hunting and outdoor survival education as a certified instructor. While in the outdoors, I am awed by all God has created and I am able to find peace and reconnect.
This is a time I enjoy sharing with the younger generation, as it allows me to teach them alternative coping skills. As I step into the next phase of my life, I am able to share the years of knowledge and experience I have obtained with families in crisis. It has been very humbling to find that the things I have learned over many years of working in the field is comforting to these parents and families.
God has provided many amazing things in my life and it gives me a great sense of peace to know that the knowledge I have been given can now be shared to comfort, support, and help families navigate through a very difficult time in their lives.