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Joseph Yost's Biography

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Full Name:

Joseph R. Yost

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Lisa; 1 Child: Virginia Ann

Birth Date:

06/09/1986

Birth Place:

Pearisburg, VA

Home City:

Pearisburg, VA

Religion:

Episcopal

Graduated, The Buckley School for Public Speaking, 2013

Graduated, The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, University of Virginia, 2011

MA, Criminal Justice, Radford University, 2006-2008

BS, Criminal Justice, Radford University, 2004-2006

Member, AF&AM, Castle Rock Lodge No. 334

Former Judge, Education Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegate

Delegate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 12, 2012-2018

Former Member, General Laws Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Governor's Task Force for School and Campus Safety

Former Member, Governor’s Task Force on Mental Health Services and Crisis Response

Former Member, Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Member, Joint Subcommittee to Study Mental Health Services in the Twenty-First Century

Former Member, Subcommittee #2 (General Laws), Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Former Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates

Executive Director, Giles County Historical Society, 2014-present

Jail Diversion Coordinator, Mental Health Association of the New River Valley, 2008-2012

Data Manager/Research Specialist, Radford University, 2006-2008

Graduate Assistant, Radford University, 2006-2008

Technical Support Specialist, Radford University, 2005-2007

Member, Association of the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery Branch, present

Member, Giles County Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, Giles County Extension Leadership Council, present

Member, Giles County Republican Party, present

Historical Interpreter, Historic Smithfield Plantation, present

Member, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, present

Member, New River Community Corrections, present

Chair, New River Valley Smart Beginnings Business/ Community Council, present

Member, Pretrial Services' Community Criminal Justice Board, present

Chair, Roanoke Valley Young Republicans, present

Member, Giles Rotary

Member, NRV Re-entry Council

Member, Smithfield-Preston Foundation

Member, Sons of the American Revolution, The Fincastle Resolutions Chapter

Member, Virginia Tech STEM Advisory Board

Member/Parliamentarian/Precinct Captain, Montgomery County Republican Party, 2009-2013

Awards:

Legislative Rookie of the Year, Virginia Education Association, 2012;
Legislative Champion of the Year, Virginia Education Association, 2013, 2014;
Legislator of the Year, Psychiatric Society of Virginia, 2013;
Legislator of the Year, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Roanoke Valley, 2013;
Legislator of the Year, Virginia Counselors Association, 2013;
Distinguished Advocate for Virginia Business, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2012, 2013;
Rising Star Award, Virginia Association for Early Childhood Education, 2013;
Champion of Free Enterprise, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2014;
Legislator of the Year, Virginia Treasurer's Association, 2014;
Solid as a Rock Award, Virginia Education Association, 2015
NAMI Virginia - 2015 Outstanding Legislator Award
Virginia Chamber of Commerce - 2015 Small Business Advocate of the Year
Virginia Chamber of Commerce - 2016 Distinguished Advocate for Virginia Business
Psychiatric Society of Virginia - 2016 Legislator of the Year
Virginia Treasurer's Association - 2017 Legislator of the Year
Virginia Housing Alliance - 2017 Legislative Leadership Award
Virginia Education Association - 2017 Solid as a Rock Award

Publications:

Veterinary Forensics: Animals Curtailing Crime (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 2007)
Forensic Nursing: An Aid to Law Enforcement (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 2006)

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