Brian moved to the Nechako Valley in 1983 and was immediately employed in the forest industry and worked there until he retired there in 2017. As a business owner and community volunteer, Brian has served on the District of Vanderhoof Council for 22 years, he has also served on the Board of Directors of the North Central Local Government Association for 7 years and on the Board of Directors of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities for the 8 years. Brian has been involved in a variety of volunteer positions, such as Chair of the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative, co-chair of the Nechako Watershed Roundtable and is a founding member of the Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society. Brian has been working tirelessly to make his community and the North a prominent focal point for not only development but for landscape level stewardship ; his dedication and passion for community has been at the forefront of everything he does. People are the creators of change and that passion to effect change is central to why Brian has represented Vanderhoof and the Nechako Valley at the local, provincial and federal level.