Valerie Ciocca Holt

AES Administrative Director and Instructor

Valerie Holt is the Administrative Director for the Advanced Energy Systems Graduate Program and teaches the PhD Graduate Seminar. Holt joined Mines from the University of Pennsylvania where she served as the ECDataWorks Director.  Holt has extensive experience in interdisciplinary graduate program development and student advising from Lehigh, Penn State, Columbia, and Pepperdine Universities. Holt served as the Graduate Medical Education Programs Manager at Lehigh Valley Health Network and her work focuses on developing graduate education programs and opportunities that facilitate complex interdisciplinary research and collaborations.

Education

Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Lehigh University

M.B.A. Lehigh University

M.Ed. Community Counseling, Lehigh University

B.A. Psychology, DeSales University