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<!-- Alternate content for non-supporting browsers --> <h3>Our People</h3> <p class="black"> <em> Les Brost, President</em><br> <img src="images/les.jpg" alt="President Les Brost" width="115" height="150" align="left">Les Brost has deep roots in the agriculture industry and in his community. He is a third-generation owner/operator of the family ranch on the north slope of the Cypress Hills in Southeastern Alberta. </p> <p class="black">One of his sidekicks said; “Les is a complex guy”, and that’s pretty close to the mark. Take a big chunk of old prairie dog, mix in a whack of political insight, and blend with a keen understanding of human nature. Season it all with a passion for writing, and bake the whole shebang under the prairie sun, and you have Les Brost, President of Southernstar Communications.</p> <p class="black">He is a trained mediator, facilitator and negotiator, with clients in the private sector, government, and NGO-NFP sectors. His experiences as an elected politician, in a leadership role in the corporate boardroom, and as a professional columnist give him a unique perspective on building organizational effectiveness.</p> <p class="black">Les spent 15 years as a public school trustee in the southeastern corner of Alberta and is an Honorary Life Membership of the Alberta School Boards Association. He was selected by Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture and the Alberta Agriculture and Food Council to lead the Agrivantage Team. This groups’ report laid out a blueprint for the future growth of Alberta’s agricultural industry.</p> <p class="black">Since those long-ago nights when his mother read J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” to him by the light of a kerosene lamp, Les has loved the written word. Seven years ago, he became a professional columnist. In 2002 and 2004, he won the Canadian Farm Writers Federation’s “Frank Jacobs Gold Award” for the best agricultural press column in Canada. Also in 2002, Blue Grama Publications Corp. published his first book, “The Rural Roots Reader”, a collection of columns, essays and short stories. Les is presently writing a regular column for the Calgary Herald and putting together the plan for his next book; “The Chair’s Right Arm- A Survival Guide for Board Chairmen”.</p> <p class="black">Perhaps we can best describe this “complex guy” by relating what he wants inscribed someday on his headstone. It will simply be this: “He was not an innocent bystander</p> <h3> </h3> <p></p>
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