BOARD OF REGENTS

Stagen Leadership Academy's Board of Regents comprises distinguished business leaders who are responsible for establishing academic standards, overseeing curriculum development, and ensuring instructional quality. Each regent is a strong advocate for integral leadership, conscious capitalism, and sustainable business practices.

Sunny Vanderbeck

Partner, Satori Capital

Sunny Vanderbeck served as co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer, of DataReturn prior to founding Satori Captial. Sunny led DataReturn to remarkable success in establishing itself as the leading provider of managed hosting services for companies using a variety of platforms. Before co-founding Data Return in 1997, Sunny served as a technical product manager and lead Internet/intranet consultant at Software Spectrum. Sunny also worked as a team leader for Microsoft's messaging products and a product support engineer for Microsoft. After Sunny graduated from high school at 16, he attended the University of Texas at Arlington. He later joined the U.S. Army and completed the Army's premier combat leadership course, becoming a section leader in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, a special operations unit. Sunny attributes the development of his strong leadership skills and character to his service as a Ranger. Recognized as a visionary in the managed hosting industry, Sunny was named one of the top 25 technology leaders in Dallas by Ernst & Young in 2000 and 2001.

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