Steve Osterholzer

DIRECTOR- Lieutenant Colonel (R) Steve Osterholzer

Professional

  • Career Army Officer – 26 years of service to the nation, including serving combat tours, teaching at West Point, United States Northern Command, and 10th Special Forces Unit
  • AH-64 Apache helicopter pilot
  • Army Public Affairs Officer
  • Director of Army Instruction for Denver’s 11 Army JROTC Program (1,600 cadets and 30 instructors)
  • Professional Big Game Hunting Guide – Tri State Outfitters

Personal

  • Three Master’s Degrees: Public Administration, Public Affairs/Mass Communications, Homeland Security
  • Author of more than 20 freelance articles in hunting/Christian magazines (Bowhunter, Fur-Fish-Game, Bugle, Today’s Christian Living, etc.)
  • Author of two books: ‘A Wilderness-Filled Soul’ and ‘Wilderness Water’ (www.steveosterholzer.com)
  • Raised two sons and a daughter with a family emphasis on the outdoors

Outdoor Skills

  • Hunting: Personally harvested/led family and friends to more than 150 big game animals (elk, deer, and antelope). Majority of hunts have been Do It Yourself (DIY) on Colorado public land. Highly skilled in archery and firearms.
  • Canoeing/Fishing/Camping: Highly-experienced in wilderness canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota averaging more than 50 days per year canoeing/camping/fishing/exploring.
  • Planned, coordinated, and led more than 30 trips for Of Mountains & Men

Planning

  • Graduate of U.S. Army’s Combined Arms Services and Staff School
  • Author of a 120-page strategic plan for United States Northern Command (Master’s Thesis)
  • Architect of a strategic plan for certified 501c designed to help troubled teenaged boys
  • Served three years at a Joint Military Command focused on strategic planning
  • Planned/executed more than 70 trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
  • Planned/executed more than 125 Colorado backcountry wilderness hunts

Teaching

  • Instructor at the United States Military Academy (West Point)
  • Senior Army JROTC Instructor for 300 high school students at a Hard-To- Serve inner city high school (Denver, CO)
  • Director of Army Instruction for Denver’s 11 JROTC programs (1,600 high school students)
  • Coach of the Month for the John Lynch Foundation