Valerie Slater retired after 26 years as a Guidance Counselor in Pike County School System. She was also the director of Pike County’s Safe Schools Program. Valerie is married to Paul David Slater. They have two children Cade and Cassidy. They live in Pikeville, KY. Retirement finds her traveling to her second home in Myrtle Beach, SC. and attending all her children’s extra curricular activities at Pikeville High School.