Krakauer's article repeated shows that many people historically have been hired by this charity to manage money and programs and have been driven away by Mortenson.

Hornbein's resignation:

I am devastated by what has happened…. While my belief in CAI’s mission is undiminished, I can no longer believe that Greg, in spite of his unswerving commitment, has the attributes demanded to lead CAI into its next phase…. Communication is essential to trust. Accountability with transparency underpins trust…. Many of the Board’s efforts to achieve this accountability have been thwarted by Greg, simply by his not responding. It was Greg’s vision and courage that created CAI and caused us to commit our energies. He is a unique individual with many precious attributes. Now, sadly, it is other aspects of Greg, ones I don’t understand, that leave me doubting the future viability of his dream.

Resignation of Gordon Wiltsie,

I asked Wiltsie, who had served as the board treasurer, why he left. “Greg,” he replied, “regards CAI as his personal ATM.”

And the longest and most damning, Debbie Raynor.

By the summer of 2004, however, Mortenson’s conduct made it impossible for Raynor to continue working for CAI in good conscience. As she explained in a memo to the CAI board of directors, there were no meaningful financial policies or procedures in place when I started my employment. I endeavored to rectify that situation and bring about necessary and much needed financial controls…. These new policies were fully discussed and implemented with full approval by Mr. Mortenson. The staff readily complied with these new policies ensuring an accurate account of expenses. However, Mr. Mortenson has failed to comply in any meaningful manner with these policies…. Since the start of my employment, Mr. Mortenson has spent over $100,000 on CAI’s credit cards. Mr. Mortenson has never provided any receipts for these expenses, and repeatedly ignored my requests for their submission…. Mr. Mortenson has refused to submit even one travel voucher…. In order to allocate indirect expenses, it is imperative that I receive time sheets from all employees. Since March 2004, Mr. Mortenson has failed to submit a time sheet…. On May 27, 2004, I again reported to the Board the serious situation as it related to overseas expenses. At that time, there was over $100,000 in unaccounted overseas expenses. Mr. Mortenson agreed to provide all documentation for overseas expenses. To date, he has not produced the promised documents in any meaningful manner. In fact, currently CAI has spent over $270,000 in cash and wire transfers [emphasis by Raynor] without proper documentation as to the disbursement of this money. There is no record to who ultimately received these monies or the manner in which it was spent. Mr. Mortenson has reported that measures have been implemented to resolve the unsubstantiated overseas documentation; however, no specifics have been forthcoming. In August 2004, I learned that information given to me to be placed in the Annual Report is untrue and therefore fraudulent. Unfortunately, Mr. Mortenson has determined that he has no need of providing financial information to the CFO. These circumstances are untenable. I am unable to fulfill the duties and responsibilities as CFO and Staff Supervisor. Thus, I had no alternative but to resign from CAI effective September 3, 2004.

There are others.