OUR TEAM LIVES RECOVERY EVERY DAY
Meet the team at Real Recovery.
KATHARINA ZUNK
Vice President of Operations
KATHARINA ZUNK
Katharina grew up in the northeastern area of Pennsylvania and New England. She relocated to South Florida at a young age and experienced first-hand a life in addiction and shortly after surrendered to a life in recovery.
Katharina has dedicated herself to serving the recovery community. She always volunteers her time to pay it forward and shares her story in hopes of saving others from the throes of addiction that almost took her own life.
Katharina has an extensive background in substance use disorder and mental health treatment. This, accompanied by her clear understanding of the 12 steps and recovery, has allowed her relentless pursuit in helping individuals struggling with addiction. She strives to let every individual know that they are taking the very first step in a life-changing journey – emphasizing how important that first step toward their new life truly is.
Katharina’s extensive operational, clinical, substance use disorder and mental health background allows her to help not only those who are suffering, but also their families suffering as well.
Katharina has led many great teams in the behavioral health field. She specializes is facility start-ups, team building, turnarounds, CARF, Joint Commission and compliance with all state and accrediting bodies’ standards.
BRADY SCHROER, DO
Psychiatrist
BRADY SCHROER, DO
Dr. Schroer moved to Western North Carolina in 2007 to become the Medical Director of the inpatient psychiatric unit and the detoxification unit at one of the area’s top hospitals and served for seven years in that capacity. Most recently, he has been treating adolescents and adults in sober living environments, residential treatment centers, community behavioral health, and outpatient settings.
JEFF HUNSUCKER, LCSWA, LCAS, CCS, NCCPSS
Executive Director
JEFF HUNSUCKER, LCSWA, LCAS, CCS, NCCPSS
Jeff is a person in long-term recovery from substance use disorder. His experience in the mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery field is diverse. He began this career in 2011 as a Peer Support Specialist and has worked in various settings in numerous roles serving individuals while he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. He is still certified as a Peer Support Specialist and has since added credentials as Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate and Certified Clinical Supervisor.
Jeff values his roles of husband, father, brother and friend to those he loves. He enjoys woodworking, gardening and barbequing in his free time. Jeff believes that each person experiencing mental health and substance use disorders deserves to be treated with respect and have an opportunity to pursue wellness as a whole person.
WILLIAM LOCKLEAR, LCAS, CSI
Clinical Director
WILLIAM LOCKLEAR, LCAS, CSI
William has a long history of abusing alcohol and also has family history of substance use disorders. He has worked in all types of treatment programs, beginning his career in detox/crisis centers and then moving on to work for DPS in their 90-day women’s program in Black Mountain, NC. He has also worked with TASC doing assessments for Buncombe County probation, worked in methadone for six years and partial hospitalization for seven months – the last three being with Real Recovery. William began his journey and career at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC, then graduated with a Bachelors in Psychology from Liberty University before getting his masters degree at Grand Canyon University. He is a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Clinical Supervisor-Intern.
William is a husband to his loving wife, Samantha, and father to his two children, Hannah and Skylar. He loves going to movies, Disney, Star Wars, traveling and spending time with his family. “I believe everyone deserves a life they can be proud of, but I can only help give you the tools, it is up to the individual to use those tools.”
MAC MCKINNON
Behavioral Health Technician Manager
MAC MCKINNON
Mac, a native Tennessean, came to Asheville as part of his recovery journey and decided he’d like to make a career out of helping people and sharing the gifts that were so generously given to him along his path. Mac has worked exclusively in recovery settings since achieving sobriety almost 5 years ago, mainly on the housing side, and is the process of becoming a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor along with his job duties as behavioral health technician manager at Real Recovery. When away from work, Mac spends time golfing, following the Tennessee Volunteers, being with loved ones and managing some real estate holdings in Johnson City, TN.