Facility profile Samoa
New Hope Academy
Closed
Samoa
New Hope Academy was an other in Samoa. It operated from 1998 to 1999.
As New Hope Academy
Staff
Administration
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Steve Cartisano
Director
Elsewhere in the industry
- Challenger Foundation founder, co-owner
- Chilanko Lodge cofounder
- Pacific Coast Academy director
- Challenger Hawaii founder
- Challenger Utah founder
Notable staff
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Dan Wakefield
Co-owner/island Manager
As Pacific Coast Academy
The record kept under this name
Staff
Administration
-
Steve Cartisano
Director
Elsewhere in the industry
- Challenger Foundation founder, co-owner
- Chilanko Lodge cofounder
- New Hope Academy director
- Challenger Hawaii founder
- Challenger Utah founder
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Names
Ownership
- WWASPS
Research notes
- Utah businessmen hired Steve Cartisano in 1998 to help start New Hope Academy (Deseret News, 2001-07-23).
- Dan Wakefield was one of the Utah County businessmen behind it; company officials allege Cartisano wrote $23,000 in bad checks in the two weeks he ran it (Deseret News, 1999-08-10).
- New Hope closed in 1999, reportedly stranding five youths in Samoa (Deseret News, 2001-07-23).
- Added 2026-09-23 from the research network map (seeds/new-facilities.json).
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