Instructors
Meet Our Experts
The Bellevue Gun Club team of instructors are highly skilled, qualified, and have the experience to take your shooting knowledge and skills to the next level. From group classes to private lessons, our experts are ready and waiting to help you achieve your shooting goals in an environment that promotes accelerated skill development.
Adam Keith
Adam brings a refreshing civilian-oriented perspective to firearms training and use, with a particular emphasis on handguns and their related gear. As a dedicated concealed-carrier of over 20 years, he has had the opportunity to steadily hone his skills and practical perspectives under a variety of qualified instructors and offers a teaching style that is personable, patient and cognizant of individual learning differences.
Adam is a classically-trained musician who enjoys writing, mechanical watches and has a diverse family of pets.
Brett Bass
Brett Bass is the Safer Homes, Suicide Aware Program Coordinator. He joins Forefront after years of volunteering on the Firearms Subcommittee of the Safer Homes task force. Brett enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 2006, completing Military Police School in 2007 as the Honor Graduate of his class. He reported to MWSS-473, Det. A in Fresno, CA shortly thereafter and was mobilized to active duty. Upon moving to Washington, Brett transferred to H&S Co. 4th LSB out of Ft. Lewis.
Chris Kahrs
Chris Kahrs is a retired Law Enforcement Officer of over seventeen years. His experience in law enforcement involved a variety of security and special mission executive details that included but was not limited to high-risk prisoner transport, witness protection and executive protection on numerous occasions of high ranking foreign and domestic government officials, including the President of the United States. During his career in law enforcement Chris acted as the SWAT liaison within the community and as the instructor for firearms in citizen’s academies.
Colleen Morgan
Colleen Morgan, a northwest native, developed an interest in firearms at a young age. Colleen’s grandfather was an avid hunter in Georgia. After completing her hunter education certification at the age of 12, Colleen and her father would fly to Georgia each year to hunt on family land with her grandfather and cousins. This tradition continues today.
Dan Eberle
Dan began working at the Bellevue Gun Club as a firearms instructor after retiring from a 25 year career in law enforcement. His career began with the US Border Patrol in south Texas, before transitioning to the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) where he spent the last 21 years.
Erik Schmidt
Erik Schmidt is a former US Marine and a veteran of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He served as a Federal Narcotics Detection K9 Officer for three years before becoming a local policeman in the Seattle area from 1999 to 2007. While serving in his law enforcement capacity his specialties included:
Narcotic Detector Dog Handler, Police Mountain Bike, Firearms Instructor (Pistol, Submachine Gun, Patrol Rifle), Defensive Tactics Instructor, Undercover Narcotics Interdiction, Civil Disturbance Cadre (Deployed during the WTO, N30 and Mardi Gras 2001 riots)
Joe Bundy
Mr. Bundy is a retired Police Officer with 32 years of experience in Law Enforcement. During his time as a Police Officer Joe was a Tactical Team Leader in his department's Disorder Response Team a firearms Instructor, specializing in Washington State’s Use of Force Continuum, Handgun and Rifle Tactics, Weapon manipulations, and Marksmanship. Joe is also a Taser Instructor, Pepper Spray Instructor, and Reality-Based Scenario Instructor. Mr.
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Josh Sandoval
Joshua Sandoval is a United States Army Veteran, born in Saint Louis, Missouri. He enlisted in 2014 as a (Airborne) Cavalry Scout, specializing in reconnaissance operations, and small unit tactics. After graduating O.S.U.T. training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia, he was later stationed at Joint Base Richardson-Elmendorf (JBER), in Anchorage, Alaska.
Julia Valencia
Julia Valencia, a northwest native, is an accomplished, well-respected law enforcement officer and trainer. She is a premier defensive tactics and combatives instructor who provides training at local police agencies, the police academy, even instructing security teams outside the USA.
Julia was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2016 for her instruction in tactical training and women’s self-defense. Julia is the only female primary instructor for the nationally known defensive tactics training group ARRESTLING.
Paul Terrenzio
Paul Terrenzio is a member of the instructor staff at Bellevue Gun Club. His career as a firearms instructor began as a summer camp counselor, and his passion for teaching the fundamentals of marksmanship continues to this day. He brings over two decades of experience as a competitor and safety officer in the practical shooting sports to the role, as well as defensive firearms training from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission and many nationally-recognized instructors.
Sean Wise
Sean Wise is an accomplished training instructor with over 20 years in the industry. Sean’s first instructor assignment was during his military service where he was assigned as a military working dog team instructor. After a brief period in retail management, Sean was employed by the Department of Justice as a Correctional Officer. During this time he was selected as a member of the Special Operations Response Team with a collateral duty of firearms trainer.
Tyler Christian
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Tyler joined a local police department on the cusp of 9-11, fulfilling a lifelong dream of his. After graduating the police academy, Tyler became heavily involved in competitive shooting where he trained and competed weekly. He quickly learned that his academy training was not enough. After a few years of competing, he won the Washington State IDPA Championship in 2004 and 2005 and took second place in 2006.