Meet the Team

  • LORI RINCK

    FOUNDER

    (Good Idea Fairy)

    Lori is a mother of 2, a homeschool hippie and spends her days learning alongside her daughters at home. She will find any way that she can to be outside, biking, hiking, jogging or nordic skiing. Lori served 12 years as active duty. She began as an E-1 Air Traffic Controller and finshed her time as a H60 (Blackhawk) Pilot. She served in OIF 05-06 and OEF 08-09 Kingsmen , Air Assault!

  • BRIAN RINCK

    DIRECTOR OF THE PURSUIT

    Bike Packer/Bread Maker (literally)

    Brian is a Lifeflight pilot and father of 2 girls. He’s an endurance cyclist and a damn good cook! A born adventurer for sure so if you see Brian, send his wife a 6 digit grid will ya!

    Brian started his career as a linguist and finished it off retiring as a Warrant Officer H60 Blackhawk Pilot. Clearly he’s unintelligent. He served in Iraq 06-07 and again OIF 09-10.

    Dustoff

  • CHRIS ROSA

    DIRECTOR OF BAND-AIDS AND TRAINING TO STICK

    Chris is a professional flight paramedic for Lifeflight. In his 12 years of experience he has also served as a paramedic for the State Dept in Kabul Afghanistan for 2 years. Chris is a husband and new father of a baby boy. His family ties to the military run deep.

  • Man On A Mission

    KRIS SEARLES

    Kris is a husband and father of two. He served in the Army as a sniper and then worked on Search and Rescue teams in Wyoming. He is currently using his experiences from OIF to change lives using VTTV with Overwatch6, a non profit in Pinedale, WY.

    Overwatch6 and Alongside have partnered up to sharpen one another’s swords. We choose to help more people together.

  • KRISTIN CLEVELAND

    Director of Logic ( I meant logistics)

    Kristin is from Belgrade, Montana and is a mother of 4, you read that right, four wonderful children, ages 5-13, and she is married to a retired A10 pilot that’s playing airline pilot now!

    She served 7 years in the Air Force as a logistics officer and holds a BS in Microbiology. After her time serving as active military/military spouse she returned to her home state of Montana to enjoy the outdoors with her family. She spends her free time hiking, biking and skiing and a little hot yoga for the soul.

    Kristen served two tours in OEF (Afghanistan) attached to the Army. As a veteran and a spouse Kristin shares multiple perspectives with our organization.

    We are so happy to have Kristen logisitisizing for us!

    (We are also fully aware that is not a word).

The journey that brought us here….

In a suburban home in Montana houses a family of four—a family that knows what it means to be a Veteran. And that family is mine. While our two children do not remember me and my husband in uniform, they often see firsthand the trials we endured through our demeanor.

Going outside and doing physical activity has always brought us clarity and peace. Each time my husband leaves to bike pack on his own, I tell him to “come back better.” We both know he cannot come back the same way he left. Post Traumatic Stress comes presents in so many ways, still being discovered. And the ways we deal with it are as variable as the causes.

This is where Alongside comes in. If what my husband achieves alone on a bike pack trip makes him better, and this method has also impacted our family so much, why shouldn’t we be sharing this method with other Veterans or First Responders?

What if this time Mom walks out the door and Dad says, ”come back better”?

I am ready to find out— Lori Rinck