Robert Lichfield
Robert Lichfield is an American businessman who was the founder of World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools.
He started working in the troubled teen industry in 1977. His first job in the industry was at Provo Canyon School as a dorm parent. Then in 1987 he started the Cross Creek School.
He has been linked to controversial network of schools for troubled teens and allegations of abuse and fraud, and is a long-time campaign fundraiser for Republican senator and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney.