Valerie Jeanne Holcomb

Background

Holcomb, Valerie Jeanne was born on August 30, 1956 in Torrington, California, United States. Daughter of Francis Paul and Ellen Jane Pieszak.

Education

AS, Northwstern Connecticut Community College, 1977; Associate of Science in Nursing, Tunxis Community College, 1980; Bachelor of science in nursing, Western Connecticut State University, 1984; MSN, Yale University, 1986.

Career

Staff nurse, Newington (Connecticut) Children's Hospital, 1980-1981; nursing supervisor, Forestville (Connecticut) Nursing Center, 1982-1985; pediatric nurse practitioner, St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, 1987-1989; pediatric nurse practitioner, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Harbor City, California, 1989-1990; pediatric nurse practitioner, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital PACC, 1990-1993; pediatric nurse practitioner, St. Mary's Hospital PAC, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1993-1995; pediatric nurse practitioner, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Cheshire, Connecticut, since 1995. Assistant clinical professor nursing Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1991.

Achievements

• Valerie Jeanne Holcomb has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrics nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Torrington, California, 1992, board directors nursery school, 1993-1994, youth leader, 1993. Board directors New England Synod Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American, since 1994. Member ANA, Connecticut Nurse Practitioners Group Inc., National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associations and Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, sewing, photography.

Connections

Married William G. Holcomb Junior, November 13, 1982.

Father:

Francis Paul Pieszak

Mother:

Ellen Jane Pieszak

Spouse:

William G. Holcomb Junior