Salute Colorado - Turning Experience into Opportunity for Colorado Veterans
The transition to civilian life brings many challenges to Colorado Veterans. They leave military service with valuable experience, workforce skills, and a proven ability to lead. But what made them successful in the military does not translate into success in the private sector. And Veterans often don’t know what career paths are open to them, or what their first steps need to be.
Your gift will help a Veteran turn the experience they’ve gained through military service into opportunity in the civilian world.
It can help them understand how their skills translate, learn about new professional expectations, and build the relationships and confidence they need to move forward.
Your support will help a Colorado Veteran build what comes next.
A new career. A new opportunity. A new chapter.
And a future built on everything they've already accomplished.
Nick K. Valor Bridge Program Graduate
Transitioning into the next chapter of life is a journey that is best navigated with a strong community of friends, family, and professionals. I am incredibly grateful for Salute Colorado and the amazing professionals across the Front Range who generously shared their time, expertise, and insights with myself and the other service members that participated in the program.
Gerald M. Valor Bridge Program Graduate
It was such an honor being part of Salute Colorado Valor Bridge. To all the presenters and companies who gave their time to help our transition, thank you! The brotherhood created with this group will last a lifetime. I am now interning with ESPN and they have helped make the transition into this new chapter of my career both exciting and rewarding.
Cameron G. Valor Journey Program Graduate
The community that Salute Colorado has established is incredible, and I am grateful to call myself a part of it. Going from infantry to accounting is quite the 180, and I know I would not be where I am today without their support.
Mission Statement
To support Veterans in their transition from military service through a continuous program of education, mentorship, and community. We empower military leaders to emerge as business and community leaders.
Boulder’s Lane Hornung knows the challenges of transitioning from military service to a civilian career. That’s why the former Desert Storm U.S. Marine helicopter pilot founded Salute Colorado, a Boulder nonprofit, in 2013. “Through our mentoring and training for transitioning Veterans, our program has helped leaders in military service emerge as leaders in business and community,” said Hornung, founder and CEO of 8z Real Estate.
In Denver, business leaders Ted Brown and Link Wilfley recognized an untapped demographic of Veterans who had the ability to become leaders within the private sector, but needed the right resources, training, and mentorship during their transition. Brown and Wilfley created Valor Bridge, a Denver nonprofit, in 2015.
In early 2021, leaders from both organizations realized that teaming up to create a single entity could provide stronger and wider ranging support for Veterans than the groups had provided separately. The premier programs that each had developed have been brought together and expanded, and the new and better Salute Colorado is now able to serve Veterans from the Denver area and across the Front Range from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.
Salute Colorado is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) (nonprofit) organization.
Organization name
Salute Colorado
other names
Salute Colorado, Valor Bridge, Green Deck
2013
Tax id (EIN)
46-4296645
Category
Military & Veterans Organizations
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
1904 Pearl StreetBoulder County, CO, US
Colorado Springs, CO, US
Fort Collins, CO, US
Denver, CO, US
Aurora, CO, US