Marta Durkin, LMSW

Marta Durkin, is a Licensed Master Social Worker with over 16 years’ experience in both community-based and hospital settings delivering a variety of specialty services to homeless individuals with complex behavioral health and medical issues. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Social Work from Syracuse University and her Master’s of Science in Social Work from Columbia University. Marta spent almost a decade overseeing various outpatient substance abuse and mental health clinics, prevention and vocational programs throughout New York City in both hospital and community-based settings. She also has extensive experience as both a developer and trainer with a New York State approved Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) certification. She has developed and operated various supportive housing programs ranging from intensive residential to permanent supportive housing and has received several community recognition awards in the field of behavioral health. Marta has been with Liberty Resources, Inc., located in Central New York, since 2008. In her role as Vice President of Behavioral Healthcare, she is responsible for overseeing the divisional operations and management spanning across 22 counties throughout New York State, program development, and system integration. This includes managing an array of community-based, care management, residential and home care services that serve individuals with persistent mental illness, substance abuse, brain injuries, HIV/AIDS, homeless veterans, and housing vulnerability. During the span of her career she has successfully written grants that amounted to over $20 million dollars in federal, state and local funding. Most recently she led and developed two innovative pilot programs funded through the New York State Medicaid Redesign Team that seek to improve health outcomes while diverting unnecessary emergency room usage and hospitalizations.