Ebony Holliday

Maryland Rebuilds Role: Leadership Team, Content Development, Project Implementation

Ebony Holliday, PhD, NCSP is the assistant director of Community Programs at Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Center for Autism Services, Science and Innovation (CASSI™, formerly known as the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, or CARD). Dr. Holliday is a nationally certified school psychologist and Maryland certified educator. She has worked extensively in early care and education settings, public and private schools, and alternative and nonpublic educational settings to support the educational needs of children. Dr. Holliday currently provides direct and consultative services to school systems and Part C early intervention programs in the state. She is actively involved in CASSI's research department and coordinates a community-engaged research initiative with partners from a local Early Head Start program. Dr. Holliday serves on the Early Childhood Advisory Council for Baltimore City and the Personnel Preparation Committee of the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) within the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Holliday received her doctoral degree at Lehigh University where she also participated in a U.S. Department of Education-sponsored specialization in health/pediatric school psychology for children with or at risk for disabilities. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Christian Sarkine Autism Treatment Center at Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University.