Valera Jo Clayton-Dodd

Background

Clayton-Dodd, Valera Jo was born on December 29, 1943 in Anthony, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Garnett George and Pauline E. (Fowler) Clayton.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Kansas U., 1965; Master of Science in Administration, Control Michigan U., 1990.

Career

Supervisor, Wichita (Kansas)-Sedg County Health Department, 1965-1968; staff Registered Nurse, Grant County Health Department, Ulysses, Kansas, 1973-1975; team leader, Hutchinson (Kansas) Clinic, PA, 1979-1989; director oncology, Mount Carmel Medical Center, Pittsburg, Kansas, 1989-1992; oncology program coordinator, St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1992-1993; director oncology, St. Francis Medical Center, Monroe, Louisiana, 1993-1995; associate administrator, St. Francis Specialty Hospital, Monroe, since 1995. Member of advisory county division nursing Louisiana Technology U., Ruston, since 1996.

Achievements

• Valera Jo Clayton-Dodd has been listed as a noteworthy Health facility administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member American Cancer Society, Monroe, since 1989. Member ANA (district board member since 1997), American College Healthcare Executives (certified health care executive), Oncology Nursing Society (certified oncology nurse), Louisiana Association Nurse Executives, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: quilting, reading, working with team building using MyersBriggs Type Inventory (Myers–Briggs Type Indicator).

Connections

Married R.M. Hardesty, July 2, 1965 (divorced May 1987). Children: Andrew Jay, Stacey Renee. Married Marvin Dodd, August 8, 1991.

Father:

Garnett George Clayton

Mother:

Pauline E. (Fowler) Clayton

Spouse:

R.M. Hardesty

Spouse:

Marvin Dodd

child:

Stacey Renee Clayton-Dodd

child:

Andrew Jay Clayton-Dodd