Steve was born on an Army base in White Sands, New Mexico and lived in Okinawa, Hawaii, and upstate New York before moving to Las Vegas in 1988.

Staying within the casino industry, Ben has owned a consulting company, filled the role of product manager with multiple companies and been everything from an individual contributor in a sales role to creating a sales organization as a vice president of sales. Along the way, Ben began volunteering his time to various organizations in town with support being provided to worthy causes that were meaningful to him with the most recent contribution being 3 years of service on the Nevada advisory board for the Arthritis Foundation.

Today, Ben is employed by Teradata Corporation as an account executive responsible for helping large gaming companies understand how Teradata’s technology and services can improve their marketing and operations. About the same time he joined Teradata, a good friend introduced him to Los Vaqueros. The mission of supporting at risk youth and families of deployed military members, the energy of the organization and the camaraderie of the members proved to be a very solid fit for Ben’s charitable energies.

Ben is married to Holly, a Scottsdale, AZ native. He has a 17 year old daughter, Caitlin, who will attend Auburn University starting in 2014. Both Holly and Caitlin are avid volunteers in their own right with Holly being a long time member and leader of the Junior League of Las Vegas and Caitlin contributing her time to too many school fundraisers to count!