Steven Bulger

Steven Bulger has over twenty years’ experience in the behavioral health field with fifteen years at ICAN, serving as CEO/Executive Director since 2014. ICAN is a nonprofit provider of innovative home and community based interventions in Upstate New York. Bulger received a Bachelors in Psychology and Political Science from Niagara University in 2003 and a MBA in Health Services Management from SUNY Polytechnic Institute in 2013. He is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Mohawk Valley. Starting at ICAN fifteen years ago, Bulger was hired as an entry-level Service Coordinator. He was promoted to the position of Residential Outreach Manager in 2008, and was instrumental in creating the Return Home Early Project which has received national attention by both the Building Bridges Initiative and the White House Council for Community Solutions. In 2010, he was promoted to the position of Director of Operations and became responsible for the day to day operations of the agency including human resources, marketing, and information technology. ICAN has seen significant growth since Bulger’s appointment as CEO/Executive Director, and now provides services to 1,200 families’ everyday through 16 programs across six Upstate New York counties. Bulger has presented on the innovative ICAN model across the country with presentations at the Annual Research and Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health in Tampa, FL, the Mental Health Association of San Francisco Annual Conference, in San Francisco, CA, University of Maryland’s Training Institutes National Conference: Leading Change – Integrating Systems and Improving Outcomes in Behavioral Health for Children, Youth, Young Adults, and Their Families in Washington, DC and the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health in Las Vegas, NV. He was recognized in 2004 by Baker Victory Services with the Service to Youth Award, and in 2016 with the Follow the Leader Award through Leadership Mohawk Valley. He currently serves as a Board Director for the following entities: New York State Coalition for Children’s Behavioral Health, SUNY POLY College of Business Management Professional Advisory Board, and the Mohawk Valley Regional Planning Consortium where he is the co-chair. He has also been a member of the Westmoreland Central School District Board of Education since December 2019. Steven and his wife Laura reside in Westmoreland, NY with their two children Breana and Stevie. Bulger is actively involved in coaching Pop Warner Football and Little League Baseball in his home community.