Valerie Sooky is an Engineering Manager at a major food company. She grew up in the Midwest and resides in Santa Monica, CA. She joined Josh's message board in 2001 and became inspired by the incredible talent and generosity of Josh's fans. In 2002, she joined with Julie Clarke and Megan Markus to raise money for The David Foster Foundation through on-line auctions, Meet and Greet fundraisers and donations. In 2004, after Josh's fans had raised more than $75,000 for DFF, they formed "Grobanites for Charity" to raise money for The Josh Groban Foundation. Val's favorite moment was presenting Josh with the first check for $50,000 from his fans to start his Foundation. Val enjoys working with the many people she has met in Josh's fan club and is happy that so many of them are involved with projects and fundraisers for GFC, GFA and JGF!