Brian was born and raised in Amarillo, TX. He has been the Ranch Manager of a conservation easement, through Taos Land Trust, high in the Moreno Valley, for over a decade. He interned as a Forestry Tech Assistant planning and supervising a forest thinning project at the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, NM. He applies principles of ecosystem health to the forest and meadow lands he manages.