STEPHEN VLETAS

Chair

 

Born in Austin, Texas, Stephen is an international entrepreneur who over the past three decades has started multiple companies and worked with brother David on oil and gas deals. Stephen co-founded international retail/adventure travel company Westbank Anglers in 1986, which included a worldwide network of fly fishing lodges that spanned over a dozen countries. Stephen sold Westbank in 2002 to focus on new ventures in Argentina; a hotel and wine tourism company, Postales del Plata, and Southern Cross Land, a real estate investment company, both based in Mendoza. In 2010, when Stephen joined David at Eagle Production, Inc., Stephen took the lead in providing financial management and project planning necessary to bring together larger and more complex drilling ventures. Stephen holds degrees in Cognitive Psychology and American Literature from the University of Southern California. He speaks fluent Spanish.