Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sherri McClurg serves as Executive Director and CEO of New Horizons for Children, bringing more than 25 years of experience in clinical psychology and leadership, along with a deep commitment to helping vulnerable children and families heal, grow, and thrive. Since stepping into leadership of NHFC in 2014, she has helped guide the organization through significant growth and change while strengthening its focus on trauma-informed care, family-based solutions, and helping children experience safety, healing, and belonging.
Dr. Sherri earned her doctorate in clinical psychology and has practiced as a clinical psychologist since 1999. Her clinical work includes extensive experience with trauma as well as anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, and major life stressors. She is trained in a variety of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and EMDR. Drawing from her clinical training and years of experience, Dr. Sherri developed a Trauma-Informed Care Training Program to equip foster parents, caregivers, and professionals to better understand and respond to children who have experienced trauma.
Her work has taken her into a variety of settings around the world, where she has worked alongside nonprofit leaders, government and child welfare professionals, caregivers, educators, churches, and community partners. Through NHFC, she has helped lead international responses to the needs of vulnerable children, including the organization’s response to the war in Ukraine and its work to expand trauma-informed, family-based care. Dr. Sherri also serves on the Maxwell Leadership President’s Advisory Council and as a Maxwell Leadership trainer, providing leadership and personal-growth training to young people and adults in the United States and internationally.
Dr. Sherri’s Christian faith is central to both her life and her leadership. She and her husband have three children, and experiences within their own family have deepened her compassion for people walking through trauma, loss, and difficult circumstances. She is passionate about helping people understand their God-given value, grow through adversity, and use their abilities to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
Dr. Sherri believes trauma does not have to define a child’s story and that every child deserves the opportunity to experience safety, belonging, and hope.