In today’s world, $500,000 isn’t a lot of money. It was, however enough to drastically change Ron Hunsicker’s life.
The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) disclosed Hunsicker’s 5-year misappropriation of funds to members at their annual conference in June. He was the CEO of that organization for many years, and quite effective and well respected in the industry…until this revelation. Behavioral Health Online shared the answer to the root question, “What did Ron do?”
It sounds like Hunsicker fell into a very human pattern of racking up expenses on the company credit card that were later deemed “personal” by the Pennsylvania DA’s office. After five years, it looks like a significant contribution to the executive’s paycheck. It’s a picture of human frailty aggravated by a lack of controls. Nobody was auditing expenses, like any corporation or even small companies I have worked for.
My friends in recovery would say one of Ron’s defects of character came out to play. And who knows, Ron may have felt perfectly justified in using the credit card after the first decision to use the card for a questionable purchase.
That decision and all the following decisions lost him his job and regular paycheck.
It’s a testimony for honesty in expense reporting when spending other people’s money.
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