Dr. Tracy Vitale has recently been appointed to the Butler Health System board of trustees. Vitale is the superintendent of the Seneca Valley School District. She is the first female and youngest superintendent in the history of the district. She is credited with opening and implementing the district’s first elementary world language program, accelerating academic rigor and leading educators in a collaborative approach to systems thinking.

In 2017, Vitale received the Distinguished Female Educator Award in memory of Professor Emeritus Dr. Jean E. Winsand of the University of Pittsburgh by the Tri-State Study Council. Shealso received the 2016 University of Pittsburgh School of Education’s Pre-K-12 Educator Award and was a 2016 Pittsburgh ATHENA Award finalist. Shereceived a bachelor of science in secondary education English from Duquesne University, a gifted education certificate and amaster’s in educational leadership from Carlow College. and adoctorate of education from the University of Pittsburgh.