J. Monte Bledsoe --- born in Denver, Colorado, raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, he married his high school sweetheart, Laura Lyman. Monte and Laura have five children and live in Overton, Nevada where they have resided for the past 25 years. After Monte and Laura were married Monte worked in construction for a short time, and then worked in the Power Generation Industry for a number of years. Feeling the call to strike out on his own he started Summit Seekers Adventure Expedition Company, and starved for a time until he went back to generating power. After several years of recovery he once again felt that there was something more out there, so he found a compatible partner and started Brimont Construction Company, working mostly with custom residential and small commercial projects, Brimont has successfully carved out a nitch for themselves in the fast growing southwest by providing efficient and cost effective solutions to difficult construction problems.

Monte, a 7th degree Black Belt and Black Belt Masters Hall of Fame inductee, has a successful karate studio with 3 other black belts in the family. Monte and Laura also run Quail Hollow Farm, a community supported agriculture farm, providing fresh organic fruits and vegetables to the community. Monte is a private pilot and he enjoys cycling, scuba diving, back packing, mountain climbing and almost anything else that requires cool gear. He is very active in his mission to build boys and mold men through his activity in his church and through his association with the Boy Scouts Of America. Monte is firm in his resolve to obtain, promote and develop leadership education for our time.