Sheryl L. Tidd
Program Director, Early Head Start Program
The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children

.Sheryl Tidd serves as the program director of The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children's Early Head Start (EHS) program. Since 2007, Sheryl has overseen the different aspects of EHS, which provides comprehensive child and family development services to low-income families with young children. Her responsibilities include preparing the annual budget and work plan, preparing grant applications, overseeing staff development and developing partnership agreements with other agencies.

Sheryl has been with the Lourie Center since 2001. Joining the team as a family development specialist for EHS, Sheryl began by visiting the families enrolled in the program, providing resources to the families and educating parents on child development. Sheryl later served as a home visitor supervisor in EHS, providing administrative supervision of staff in the program. Prior to joining the Lourie Center, Sheryl worked as a foster care social worker for the Department of Social Services in Baltimore, Maryland and as a child care counselor for St. Vincent's Center in Baltimore.

Sheryl earned a master's degree in social work and a bachelor's degree in social work and health and science policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.