Mike Krause is Editor-in-Chief of Complete Colorado.

He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, and served on active duty in the United States Coast Guard from 1987-1991.

He originally came to Colorado to be a ski bum, but ended up with a full-time job in the Steamboat Springs ski-racing department.  Mike previously earned his living swinging a hammer as a commercial construction carpenter, and was a senior fellow title-holder and editorial writer for the Independence Institute for several years before landing his full-time, paid think tank gig.

He lives in Edgewater.