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Vaden Bales

VADEN BALES
Chair Real Estate Committee

Mr. Bales is Chief Executive Officer of Wrangler Properties LLC, a commercial real estate development and investment company.  Prior to moving to  New Mexico in January of 1997 to join Wrangler, he was a partner in the Tulsa office of Fellers, Snider, Blankeship, Bailey and Tippens,  an Oklahoma law firm with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City,  where his practice focused primarily on commercial real estate, corporate and banking law.  In addition, he served as Vice President and General Counsel of a publicly traded financial institution holding company with offices in Oklahoma and Texas and prior to that served as Vice President and General Counsel of an insurance holding company based in Kansas City. Vaden currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the following organizations: Rio Rancho Economic Development Corporation, Albuquerque TVI Foundation and WESSTCORP, and is a member of the Chairman’s Council of the Betty Ford Center in Palm Desert, California. He is a member of the Kansas, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations.

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