Valerie Yost

Director of Marketing

Working with sales teams and executive leadership, Valerie develops the marketing plans and strategies for all Brooks Resources-owned companies and developments. Prior to joining the company in 2005, Valerie worked for a Bend-based advertising agency, managing accounts and brands for a variety of industries, from hospitality and banking, to real estate and medical. She has a business degree from Oregon State University.

Valerie is a former board president and member of the Advertising Federation of Central Oregon. She currently serves as an Opportunity Knocks co-facilitator for a marketing professionals team, the administrator for Building a Better Bend and an ex-officio board member for the Family Access Network Foundation.

Valerie was named “Accomplished under 40” by Cascade Business News in 2007 and is a recipient of the American Advertising Federation Silver Medal Award in 2011. She is a Class of 2007 graduate of Leadership Bend.

Valerie lives in Tumalo with her husband and two children.