Valerie was one of Claire Dunphy's old friends who makes an appearance in "Moon Landing".
Valerie and Claire used to work at the same place before Claire and Phil married and had kids. She and Claire met up at a restaurant to catch up on each other's lives. Valerie had stayed working and now had a great career, which made Claire feel like she missed out when she had decided to have a family. Valerie was invited to Claire's house since Claire wanted to impress her with them, but things ended up going wrong when everyone acted weird and Valerie left, causing Claire to get upset with her family and leave the house in fury. Shortly afterwards, Claire realized that she was the lucky one, and was happy to have a family.