About Us

Wendi Dew, B.S., RRT

Director of Clinical Education

I started working at Valencia in 1998 as a clinical adjunct instructor and began full time in 2002.

 My clinical experience began in 1997 at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center working as a staff Respiratory Therapist. After moving to Orlando in 1998, I worked at Florida Hospital Orlando as a critical care Respiratory Therapist caring for adult, pediatric and neonatal patients.  In addition, I began my first part-time teaching position at Valencia Community College as an adjunct clinical instructor. 

After working several years at Florida Hospital Orlando, I worked as Lead Critical Care Therapist at Celebration Health and Winter Park Memorial Hospital.  In 2000, I cross-trained into cardiovascular technology at the electrophysiology lab at Orlando Regional Medical Center where I was employed for two years until taking a full-time faculty position at Valencia Community College.

I am a native Floridian born on a small farm in north Florida.  My husband is a Respiratory Therapist who works as a critical care therapist in Orlando.  We have two adorable children and a Jack Russell Terrier named Max. I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling and reading. 

Geri Lockhart, B.S., RRT, RPSGT

B.S., Florida Southern College
A.S., Respiratory Care, Valencia Community College

Geri Lockhart has been involved in the Central Florida healthcare community for many years. After graduating from the Valencia Community College Respiratory Care Program, she served as Chief Therapist for the facility currently known as Florida Hospital Kissimmee. She then assumed the position as Cardiopulmonary Director at Orlando Regional-St. Cloud Hospital where she directed the Respiratory, Cardiology and Neurodiagnostic sections for the hospital. While serving as Cardiopulmonary Director, she obtained her Registry in Cardiac Ultrasound and trained others in both cardiac and vascular ultrasound. In 1989, she established the first sleep laboratory in Osceola County, which later expanded to the downtown campus of Orlando Regional Healthcare. While in Orlando, she also directed operations at the Arnold Palmer Sleep Lab for Children.

Over the years, Mrs. Lockhart has helped many aspiring sleep technologists to both learn the basics of sleep and prepare for national certification. Well-versed in the specifications and requirements of sleep centers, she has designed and supervised both the expansion and construction of several sleep centers. She has prepared and successfully acquired national accreditation by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for sleep centers she has managed. She is currently Clinical Director of the 10-bed Central Florida Sleep Centers, with locations in both Kissimmee and Davenport.

Mrs. Lockhart has served as a Director at Large for the American Academy of Sleep Technologists, and is Past President of the Osceola Chapter of the American Heart Association.