Tara Krapes is the president and founder of VESTA Executive Housing and holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Miami University. Krapes has years of industry experience by formerly working at the Marriott Execustay as an Assistant General Manager, as an Account Executive with Oakwood Corporate Housing and as a Market Sales Manager for Marriott Hotels.

Joel Makela is the vice president and founder of VESTA Executive Housing. Makela holds his specialized associate of science degree from Northwest Tech. Prior to founding VESTA, Makela served as an agent for Cardservice International and worked as a customer service representative with Gen-X Promotions.