Rita Valenti

Background

Valenti, Rita was born on October 14, 1948 in Pelham, New York, United States. Daughter of Frank D. and Edythe Valenti.

Education

Student, Newton (Massachusetts) College, 1966-1969; ADN, Clayton State College, Jonesboro, Georgia, 1983.

Career

Staff and charge nurse, DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur, Georgia staff and charge nurse trauma intermediate Intensive Care Unit,, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta. Member health care advising committee to Congressman Ben Jones of Georgia, since 1989. Presenter to numerous professional and community organizations on health care crisis, 1985-1988.

Achievements

• Rita Valenti has been listed as a noteworthy Critical care nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Coord. Southern Project on Women's Economics Rights, 1980-1983. Chairman Committee for Health Care Access in Georgia, since 1986. Delegate National Democratic Convention, 1988.

Member Executive Committee DeKalb County Democratic Committee, 1988. Member Committee for National Health Plan, since 1989, Physicians for National Plan, since 1989, National Women's Political Caucus,1987-, Georgia Women's Political Caucus, since 1987, Rainbow Coalition, since 1985. Member ANA, APHA, Georgia Public Health Association, Georgia Nurses Association (Executive Board since 1985, board directors political action committee since 1985, chairman cabinet on governmental affairs since 1985, representative Access to Health Care communications of Georgia General Assembly since 1989, honoree 5th district 1986, recognition award 1988).

Connections

Father:

Frank D. Valenti

Mother:

Edythe Valenti