PITTSBURGH - Krista Lee Rompolski, a daughter of John Rompolski Sr. and Elaine Rompolski, and a granddaughter of Elaine and Leon Jurgill, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in December 2011 with a doctoral degree in exercise physiology.
She previously achieved her master's degree in clinical exercise physiology from Bloomsburg University, and has gained certifications as a health and fitness specialist and certified personal trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine.
Rompolski is employed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a clinical research coordinator in the Healthy Weight Program until her faculty appointment at Drexel University begins in the fall.
She resides in Malvern with her husband, Daniel M. Taney, of Phoenixville.