Leadership
Employees
Sam Logan
Program Coordinator
Sam is the Stay The Trail Program Coordinator with the main duty of encouraging the responsible use of Colorado’s motorized trails. Like many of us, Sam shares a passion for the outdoors.
Born into a motorized household Sam has an almost natural passion for anything with wheels. With over 18 yrs of two wheel dirt experience, Sam has a fever for exploring the outdoors.Sam is currently enrolled in Metropolitan State Collage of Denver seeking a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a concentration in Natural Resource Management and Land Use.
Ryan Dull
Stewardship and Outreach Specialist
Ryan is the Stewardship and Outreach Specialist and is considered the “go to” guy with anything OHV related. Ryan handles the social media sites, advertising, graphics, sponsors, and riders on the ground/trails. Ryan grew up in Colorado and attended Mesa University for Recreation and Travel Management. He has over 15 years of experience as an OHV patrol officer with both the US Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Ryan is also a certified OHV mechanic and enjoys turning wrenches as much as he enjoys turning a steering wheel or handlebars. Ryan can frequently be seen on the trails with a big smile and helping hand!
Allison Needler
Administrator
Allison is the Administrator for Stay The Trail. She oversees and administers the grant programs, projects and day-to- day business of the Responsible Recreation Foundation. Allison enjoys being outdoors; camping, fishing and hiking. She grew up camping and it was always her favorite family vacation. It was a great opportunity to spend quality time with her family by a campfire and under the stars. She also enjoys spending time with her husband and two children while taking advantage of all the beauty Colorado has to offer.
Board of Directors
Marcus Trusty
Chairman
Marcus is a 4th generation Buena Vista, Colorado native who grew up bouncing around the central Colorado mountains in the back of his dad’s CJ5. During his younger years, Marcus grew to appreciate public lands and the recreation opportunities backroads and 4-wheel drive trails offer. Marcus has been wheeling for 20 years now and has wheeled in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California. Until a few years ago Marcus had just been a participant in the wheeling community, but he has become much more active in preserving trails and working to make sure the wheeling community has their access maintained for future generations. Marcus joined the STT board in 2020 to help promote education and ethics to all motorized users
Matt Balazs
Director
Matt Balazs joined Stay The Trail after more than a decade as a professional off road guide in the Vail area. Spending his summers guiding Jeep, Hummer and ATV tours and winters working in the ski industry or grooming snow mobile trails. During his time on the trails he gained a deep understanding of the need for education to preserve our delicate trail systems. This lead to Matt’s current undertaking as an Off Road Driving Instructor with his company On Trail Training, teaching principals of ethical trail use along with safe operation of off road vehicles and recovery equipment. Matt is also a Tread Trainer with TreadLightly! and a Certified Wilderness First Responder through NOLS.
Alan Yoder
Director
Dan Krob
Director
Dan has served as a Stay The Trail board member since 2014. He is a Colorado native who enjoys a wide variety of outdoor recreation, both motorized and non-motorized. Between earning an undergraduate degree from CSU and completing law school Dan competed for and was employed by various off-highway companies.
When not practicing law, Dan can be found hiking, skiing, camping, mountain biking, or exploring Colorado in his Jeep.