SYRACUSE, N.Y. — ACR Health announced it has appointed Wil Murtaugh as executive director to replace Michael Crinnin, who retired last month after serving as executive director since 1989.
Murtaugh has been with ACR Health for 23 years, beginning in 1993 as development director and serving as deputy executive director since 2009, the organization said in a news release.
ACR Health says Murtaugh has been instrumental in expanding its work through new programs, including Health Homes, which expands care management services to non-HIV positive clients; the Criminal Justice Initiative, which educates inmates about HIV in state correctional facilities; and the Syringe Exchange Program, which makes clean needles available to injection drug users and helps curtail HIV and hepatitis infections.
Murtaugh was promoted to deputy executive director following 17 successful years as director of development and special projects. Through his work, he was instrumental in raising the funds to create Q Centers for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in Syracuse, Utica, and Watertown, the release stated.
Murtaugh has worked extensively with local and national foundations, United Way agencies throughout upstate New York, and state and federal governments to help substantially increase funding for programs offered by ACR Health.
He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with concentrations in human resources and finance at Syracuse University in Utica and holds a master’s degree in economics from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
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