Board of Directors

Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors, Inc. is privileged to have a distinguished Board of Directors to help guide us on our mission to give more children the opportunity to experience the great outdoors.

Eric Dinger

President of Arbor day carbon, llc.

Carbon credits will soon become one of the largest funding sources for conservation. There are many ways to sequester carbon, and natural solutions like forests and grasslands - the habitat that conservation demands - compete with other methods that are not nature-dependent. Wild animals and wild places are in competition with many other economic and social forces.

Arbor Day Carbon, LLC exists to accelerate the pace of investment into forestry carbon projects and the ecosystems and the people those forests support.

Before joining the Arbor Day Carbon, LLC team, Dinger was the Founder and CEO of Powderhook. There, Dinger and his team built a mission-driven company to solve the biggest problem facing the outdoor industry: declining participation. To do so, Powderhook worked together with many of the largest and most influential outdoor brands on combined mobile and marketing strategies.

Sovereign Sportsman Solutions (S3) acquired Powderhook in 2019 as part of a strategy for rolling together conservation technology with complementary purposes. Following the acquisition, Dinger served as Vice President of Marketing and Customer Engagement at S3 for two years.

Before starting Powderhook, Dinger built and sold a brand and sales strategy consultancy with clients throughout the country and a team of 40 employees.

A seasoned entrepreneur and leader, Dinger applies hard-earned business lessons to his community through investments of time and money in key initiatives. Perhaps most notably, Dinger led a “Housing First” initiative in his hometown of Lincoln, which ended veteran homelessness and has cut long-term homelessness by over 90 percent.

Dinger is an avid hunter, angler, and conservationist. He enjoys joining his wife and children on outdoor adventures of all kinds.Raleigh (6), reside in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Brett A. Walton

CEO-President of Walton’s Inc.

Brett Walton is the CEO and President of Walton’s Inc. Walton’s distributes meat processing supplies and equipment to independent and home meat processors. In 1996, Brett and his Dad (Don) purchased Holly-Harneds and merged the company with Don’s previous business to form what exists today as Walton’s Inc. Don retired in 2009 and Brett assumed the role of CEO.

Brett was born, raised, and has spent his entire life near Wichita, Kansas. He spent part of his young life raising hogs at home and workings on farms. Brett’s first experience in the meat industry was working for a small meat processor while in high school. He spent 13 years working in the corrugated box industry before joining his Dad to create the company known today as Walton’s Inc.

Brett has previously served on the board of the American Association of Meat Processors, The Kansas Association of Meat Processors, and the Holy Cross Lutheran Church Council. He received the Kansas Meat Processors Association Distinguished Service Award in 2018, and he received the Nebraska Association of Meat Processors Achievement Award in 2014.

In 1985, Brett married Sandy, and they now have four children (Cole, Austin, Dylan and Ali) and three grandsons (Hudson, Bowan and Leo). Brett enjoys activities with his family, such as hunting upland birds, Kansas State football games, and ATV riding in Colorado.

While Pete’s unorthodox experience in business ownership — having assumed these responsibilities at such a young age — have proven invaluable to his success at Whitetail Properties, his success can also be attributed to simply pursuing the things that he was personally passionate about. Pete, a second-generation Italian-American whose father migrated to the U.S. from Sicily, was born in Chicago and moved to Pittsfield, Illinois when he was 15. He currently lives with his wife Christie in Oak Grove, Minnesota, northwest of the Twin Cities.

Since Whitetail Properties was founded in 2007, it has grown into a nationally recognized brand and considered North America's top choice when it comes to buying and selling recreational hunting, ranch, farm and timber land. Today, Whitetail Properties has over 300 Land Specialists covering 38 states and counting. To date, the company's team has sold over 1.3 million acres thanks to Whitetail Properties national network of land buyers of hunting, ranch and farm land. Whitetail Properties averages over 10 properties sold every day company-wide.

The Whitetail Properties corporate office is located in the heart of Pike County, Illinois - known around the world for giant whitetails and fertile farm ground. The corporate office provides a level of support to their national team of Land Specialists with marketing, accounting, public relations, information technology, video production and real estate administration.

Beth earned a Bachelors degree in Sports Management from the University of Minnesota, a Masters degree in Sports Administration from the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, and her MBA from Augsburg College. Prior to joining Savage, she spent a decade at Polaris Industries, where she fell in love with connecting her brands to people who also loved the outdoors. When she joined Savage Arms, she took that same passion and applied it to the hunting and shooting sports communities.

Today Beth spends time with her family in the woods or on the waters of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hiking, hunting and exploring has become a huge part of her free-time and she enjoys seeing as much of our beautiful world as she can.

Mark Estrada

Brand Director VEIL Camo & Prois

Mark has 20yrs+ of Executive Leadership experience with world leading apparel businesses including Under Armour, Cabela's, PROIS, VEIL Camo, & more.

After showcasing his ability at Cabela's, Mark was recruited by Under Armour, where he grew the Under Armour Hunt/Fish Division from $0 to $350M in annual revenue. Following his time at Under Armour, Mark moved back to the midwest to oversee multiple industry-leading outdoor brands for Hadley Development. Mark has expert level knowledge in soft goods from design, to sourcing, financial planning, marketing, and more. Mark has spent extensive time in China, Vietnam, & India creating meaningful relationships with factories, and learning. Mark has owned billion $ finance & marketing strategies, & consistently exceeded expectations. Though his career, Mark's leadership has contributed to billions of $$$ in product revenue.

Mark is known for bringing the best out in his team, being a leader in driving innovation throughout the industry, creating meaningful relationships, & exceeding expectations. Mark business relationship with factories have grown to true friendships where he has frequently traveled overseas for weddings & family events. Furthermore, many of his previous hires have went on into executive leadership roles for major companies, & they remain dear friends for life.

Mark loves his 5 kids, and relishes any opportunity he has to coach them. Mark loves adventure & the outdoors, and has recently developed a passion for health so he can maintain his youthful energy indefinitely. Mark loves to work hard, and he loves to push the boundaries of what is possible.