Vandaveer is president and CEO of Sooner State Bank. He worked at several banks in the Oklahoma City market since the seventies in lending, correspondent banking and executive management. He graduated from the University of Kansas 1975 with a bachelor of science in journalism. He also graduated Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU in 1992. Vandaveer serves on the board of the Bankers Bank of Oklahoma and as chairman of the board of the Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.