Brian Kelsch

Treasurer/Finance

Bio for Brian Kelsch


Though raised in North Vancouver my Kootenay experience started with being born in Nelson 46 years ago. Three years ago my wife and our two boys transitioned from the big city and moved to Nelson. Getting my life refocused in a horrendous ski mountaineering accident was the push needed to sell a 16-year-old investment business and chase a simpler life in the small mountain town of Nelson.

Long before having a family we have been passionate about what goes into our mouths and where that food comes from. People are at the crossroads of a growing fascination with food, it’s source and the wholeness of the experience. I see a swell of population refocusing on feeding their families in a conscious way. These are exciting times.

I see being a board member of the Kootenay Co-op as a privilege and not a right. With my eclectic background in business, my passion for mountain travel and guiding, as well as our new found attempts at growing some of our own food at home while being committed to showing our children the wondrous choices we have in feeding ourselves, it’s my hope I can contribute to all the goodness the Co-op continues to grow.