VeraSun Energy Names Patty Dickerson Director of Investor Relations
Brookings, South Dakota, United States August 27, 2007

VeraSun Energy Corporation (NYSE: VSE), one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, today announced that Patty Dickerson has been named the Company’s Director of Investor Relations. In her role, Dickerson will be responsible for developing and executing VeraSun’s global investor relations program. She comes to VeraSun from Ignis Petroleum Group where she held the position of Vice President for External Affairs, Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary.

“We are excited to have someone with Patty’s experience lead our investor relations program,” said Danny Herron, VeraSun Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “Her background with publicly-traded companies and legal education will be a tremendous asset in working with all of our investors as we continue to build our national and global presence.”

During her time at Ignis, Dickerson was responsible for counseling senior executives on corporate and financial communications strategy and execution, served as a spokesperson to the investment community, and coordinated presentations and road shows for financial audiences.

“I am looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that are ahead for VeraSun Energy and the renewable fuels industry,” Dickerson said. “VeraSun has done a tremendous job in establishing itself as a leader in the industry while executing its long-term growth strategy. From an investor perspective, we will continue to enhance our communications to our shareholders, potential investors, analysts and all other key stakeholders that have a vested interest in renewable fuels.”

Prior to working at Ignis, Dickerson owned Energy Direct Communications, an investor relations and corporate communications company that specializes in working with clients in the energy sector. Before Energy Direct, Dickerson gained investor relations experience working with Box Energy Corporation.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Dickerson earned her law degree from the Texas Tech School of Law and her bachelor’s degree in government affairs from Texas Woman’s University.

VeraSun Energy Corporation (NYSE: VSE), headquartered in Brookings, South Dakota, is a leading producer of renewable fuel. The Company has 450MMGY of production capacity through four operating ethanol production facilities in Aurora, SD, Fort Dodge, IA, Charles City, IA and Linden, IN. Five facilities are currently under construction in Hartley, IA, Welcome, MN, Reynolds, IN, Albion, NE and Bloomingburg, OH. Upon completion of the new facilities, VeraSun will have an annual production capacity of approximately one billion gallons by the end of 2008. The Company also has plans to extract oil from dried distillers grains, a co-product of the ethanol process, for use in biodiesel production.

The Company markets E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline for use in Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs), directly to fuel retailers under the brand VE85™. VE85™ is now available at more than 100 retail locations. For more information, please visit VeraSun’s websites at www.verasun.com or www.VE85.com.

Source: VeraSun