Eric was born and raised in Vinita, Oklahoma. He graduated from Vinita High School in 1987. Eric married Kathy Sooter and they have 4 boys: Ben, Elijah, Gabe, and Noah. He owns and operates The Junction Internet Service. Eric started The Junction in 1996 as the area's first Internet Service Provider. And in 1999, The Junction rolled out the area's first broadband internet service. They attend church at Vineyard Christian Fellowship. Kathy is a math teacher at Vinita High School.

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Camp Enterprise is an executive styled, four-day retreat where qualified high school juniors explore the fundamental challenges, opportunities and obligations of the free enterprise system. Established in 1976, this unique camp was originally developed with the help of the American Management Association (AMA) and the Rotary Club of Tulsa using tools available from Junior Achievement.

The camp provides a select group of 100 high school juniors (recruited from over 45 NE Oklahoma schools) the opportunity to learn team building (ROPES), leadership and motivation skills, all while working within a real business simulation program. Campers will meet and interact with some of Tulsa's top business leaders and work with international students (Rotary Youth Exchange) assigned to their team. It is a global experience about what makes America's free enterprise system work. Camp Enterprise 2010 will be held at Camp Heart O' Hills in Tahlequah, OK on April 8^th - 11^th, 2010.