13 things about Gibsonia, Pennsylvania’s Valerie Satkoske

Valerie Bridget Violi Satkoske is a resident of Gibsonia, Richland Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gibsonia is around 18 miles away from Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, which is home to Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh.

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BIOGRAPHY

Satkoske is an American licensed social worker and certified healthcare ethics consultant. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Ronald L. Violi and Patricia Marie Violi‘s daughter and Victor Violi and Victoria Louise Violi‘s sister.
2. She and Rick Carr have three daughters together.
3. She is 1 year older than her husband Scott A. Satkoske.
4. In 1989, she gave birth to Maggie Carr.
5. In 1990, she gave birth to Veronica L. Carr.
6. In 1991, she gave birth to Casey Carr.
7. From 1998 to 1999, she attended the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a master’s degree in social work and a certificate in gerontology.
8. From 2003 to 2008, she attended Duquesne University where she earned her PhD in healthcare ethics.
9. From 2007 to 2020, she was an employee of Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA.
10. In 2016, her daughter Veronica married Daniel Hannan.
11. In 2020, she became an employee of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh.
12. In 2021, she became a certified healthcare ethics consultant.
13. In December 2024, she turned 61.

TIMELINE

Satkoske earned her bachelor’s degree in public relations, advertising and applied communication from Duquesne University. She received her license as a social worker from the Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Occupational and Professional Affairs.

2000s

• In July 2007, she joined Wheeling Hospital as a director of ethics.

2010s

• On May 21, 2016, her daughter Veronica and Daniel got married in Pittsburgh.

2020s

• In August 2020, she left Wheeling hospital and became the vice president of mission integration, spiritual care and ethics of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy in Pittsburgh.
• In September 2020, she became the vice president of ethics of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh.
• Her father Ronald turned 81 on April 28, 2021 and died at his residence in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania on August 4, 2021.
• In June 2021, she obtained her certification as a healthcare ethics consultant from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.
• In August 2022, she became a health services division leader at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.