THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEROES FOUNDATION TEAM

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Brian “Sol” Soliday (President/Founder) has spent much of his free time over the last 15 years helping combat wounded veterans and first-time youth hunters have successful hunting adventures in CO, WY, NE and KS. As a volunteer guide, Sol has supported almost 250 successful hunts for elk, deer, pronghorn, bison and turkey.

Sol previously served on the Board of Directors of Wounded Eagle UAS and another Veteran-based 501(c)3. Additionally, he currently serves as one of the Northeast Region Delegates to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) Sportsperson's Roundtable, representing all outdoorsmen and women for the Northeast Region in the state. He is also active in CPW’s Youth Outreach program, introducing 1st time youth to the sport of hunting.

From 2004-2010, Sol served as the Colorado Volunteer Chair for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, where his friendship with Doc Holliday was formed. He continues to serve as an RMEF volunteer. 

Sol has 30 years of extensive experience working in sales, marketing and channel development within the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing industries. He currently serves as Chief Revenue Officer for Voxelmaps.

He has presented technical papers at over 75 events on six continents and has written published articles in; Eastman’s Hunting/Bowhunting Journals, Planning, Point of Beginning, GEOinformatics, The World & I, GEOEurope, Space News, and Earth Observation Magazine. Sol graduated Summa cum laude with a MA degree in geography specializing in remote sensing and GIS in 1987, and earned a BS degree in geography in 1983. Both degrees were earned from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).

His athletic career included being awarded a full scholarship to play football at UNO and was honored as a Maverick Team Captain in 1981. Sol also won seven consecutive Nebraska state powerlifting titles, including breaking 28 state records in the process.

Sol and his wife of 35 years, Lanette, live in Frederick, CO where they enjoy their 3 daughters and 2 granddaughters.

Doc Holliday (Vice President/ Founder/ Treasurer) is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hunting, fishing, and camping. He has been working with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) as a volunteer for the last 25 years. Doc has served the RMEF in various capacities, including; Colorado State leadership team, Greeley Chapter Chair, and as an active leader in the RMEF volunteer community. He has worked on development and implementation of work projects all over the eastern half of the state. 

As an outdoor enthusiast, Doc has spent a lot of time over the last 15 years hunting, and has been instrumental in helping organize 1st time youth hunts, as well as hunts for Purple Heart recipients.

Doc works for Metal Container Corporation (an Anheuser-Busch company) and has been in various rolls in both the breweries and vertical operations over the last 25 years.

Doc has been married for 34 years to his wife Sherri. They have two boys; one a US Army Veteran and now a loan officer in Texas, the other is attending Front Range College in Ft Collins. They are now enjoying spoiling their granddaughter, Kinzley.

Dale Veneklasen  (Vice President/Founder/Secretary),   

 a native of Estelline, South Dakota joined the U.S. Army in February 1989 and served just over 24 years. Following graduation from the One-Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Ga, he has served in many duty stations and held almost every position within the Infantry community. Dale served with 2nd Battalion 30th Infantry, 5th Battalion 15th Infantry, 1st Battalion 18th Infantry, 1st Battalion 12th Infantry, 2nd Battalion 12th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division, 1st Battalion 26th Infantry, 3rd Battalion 383rd Regiment,  2nd Battalion 8th Infantry, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division, and the 1st Squadron 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment.  He has spent much of his service training and supporting the mission forward deployed in Saudi Arabia (1st Gulf War), Macedonia (2 tours), Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (3 tours) and Afghanistan.

Dale has been awarded the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Star Medals with Valorous Device, two Bronze Star Medals, two Purple Hearts, four Meritorious Service Medals, a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Expert Infantryman’s Badge, German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold Award) and the German Schutzenschnur (Silver Award).

His civilian educational and service credentials include: Baccalaureate Degree from Excelsior College, MBA in Human Resource Management from Touro University. Dale holds distinctive memberships in the prestigious Sergeant Morales Club, the Infantry Order of Saint Maurice, the Order of Saint Barbara, Noble Patron of Armor, and V-Corp Distinguished Leader.   

Following retirement, Dale proudly worked 10 years as a Department of Defense civilian, where he served with Range Operations on Ft. Carson; as the senior Range Manager (Supervisory Remote Ranges Specialist). He officially retired from the US Army in August 2024.

Dale and his family continue their involvement within the community: he enthusiastically supports the Special Olympics, the Colorado Springs Military Order of Purple Heart Organization and serves as an Active Member with Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. 

Dale is married to his beautiful wife; the former Waltraud (Lisa) Mack of Schweinfurt, Germany, for 34 supportive years and has two beautiful daughters, Amanda 33 and Jessica 29.

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https://beartrak.com/

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Caleb Owens has been working with Sol and Doc for 13 years as a volunteer guide on both Purple Heart and 1st Time Youth Hunts.  Caleb, his wife Hannah, son (Assistant Guide "T") and daughter Reese live in Dixon, WY.

Richard "Dirty" Sanchez has been instrumental in helping the RMHF team identify candidates for various hunts.  Dirty is the recipient of the Purple Heart Medal. Richard has a son and 2 daughters and lives in Colorado Springs, CO with his girlfriend.

 Art has been a supporter of RMHF and veterans initiatives for years.   He has been a  donor for our WY Purple Heart Pronghorn hunts in 2020 and 2021. 

Jay has donated a number of licenses to our WY Purple Heart Pronghorn hunts.

Todd & Darcy Kaisler & Family (Coy & Destre) are great supporters of RMHF.  They have donated pronghorn tags each year  in one of the top trophy pronghorn units in the US for our annual Purple Heart Pronghorn Hunt.

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