Mr. Oscar Morgan, MHSA
Project Director, Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
Oscar Morgan has more than 35 years of experience in the mental health and substance use service fields, with expertise in providing evidence-based and culturally and linguistically competent services, trauma-informed programs, mental health and substance use organizational systems design and service integration. He is currently the Project Director of the Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. In this role, he directs the provision of training and technical assistance geared towards strengthening the skills and knowledge of the behavioral health and primary care workforce in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The training and technical assistance is focused on strengthening and accelerating the workforce’s capacity to provide evidence-best practices in prevention, treatment and recovery supports services for children, youth and adults who have and/or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbances/serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders. Mr. Morgan is a former the mental health commissioner for the state of Maryland. He has held senior level positions a variety of state and national organizations. He obtained his Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and Master Degree in Health Care Services Administration from George Washington University, Washington DC.