Bertha Garrett Holliday

Background

Holliday, Bertha Garrett was born on November 15, 1947 in Kansas City, Missoury. Daughter of Harold L. Senior and Margaret L. (Garrett) Holliday.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1969; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1978; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1982-1983.

Career

Counselor, Institute for Pupil Study, Kansas City, 1970-1971; senior project management specialist, Model Cities Department, Kansas City, 1971-1974; assistant professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1978-1985; Congressional Science fellow, Senate Democratic Policy Committee, Washington, 1985-1986; national manager program evaluation, Cities in Schools, Inc., Washington, 1986-1987; chief program evaluation, District of Columbia Commision on Mental Health, Washington, 1988-1994; director ethnic minority affairs, APA, Washington, since 1994. Independent consultant Abt Associations, HiTech International, Kaufman Foundation, Washington and Kansas City, since 1986. Member District of Columbia State Mental Health Planning Committee, Washington, 1997.

Achievements

• Bertha Garrett Holliday has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member APA, Association Black Psychologists, Metropolitan Women's Democratic Club, Delta Sigma Theta (co-chair Self-Awareness Self Esteem Project 1988-1992).

Interests

• Avocations: African art, reading, gardening, sewing, traveling.

Connections

Father:

Harold L. Senior Holliday

Mother:

Margaret L. (Garrett) Holliday