Valerie Hansen

With a passion for helping people on all levels, Valerie Hansen brings impressive interpersonal and organizational skills to her role as Business Development Coordinator, Executive Operations. Her background in residential real estate and experience working for several prominent Chicago developers has provided her with a client-minded outlook and management acumen that help her meet unpredictable challenges effortlessly and be the indispensable right hand of our CEO, Daryl Travis.

“I really enjoy the creative atmosphere at Brandtrust,” she says. “Ideas are welcomed and encouraged. Additionally, the research Brandtrust does is fascinating to me, as I have always been one of those people trying to figure out the "why?" behind just about everything in life.”

Although Valerie grew up outside of Chicago, her parents recently moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and she loves the excuse to visit them and hang out on the beach. She teeters between being a health nut and a foodie, saying that while she feels great when she eats healthy, she just can’t imagine her world without the occasional beef brisket and French fries.