Suzanne Yost has been a Realtor since 1980, currently with Alain Pinel Realtors in Los Gatos, CA. She is a graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Santa Clara University School of Law and is licensed to practice law in California. In addition to being a real estate broker associate and an expert witness, Suzanne teaches contract, risk management and other continuing education courses for the California and local Associations of Realtors and Graduate Realtor Institute as master faculty, as well as being one of 10 facilitators of the NAR Realtor Leadership Program. Suzanne is a past President (2012) of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, past Chair of the Bay Area Realtor Leadership Academy, 2009 graduate of the NAR Leadership Academy, has served in various leadership positions for the California Association of Realtors and is a past president of the Rotary Club of Capitola Aptos. Suzanne has recently been awarded the distinction of Director for Life for the California Association of REALTORS, which is the second highest award given by the organization. In 2019 Suzanne will be an NAR Director and Vice Chair of the Amicus Brief Advisory Board.