Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (COO)

 John’s background includes 35 years of ranch management experience along with many years of activity in conservation initiatives related to the preservation of eastern slopes ranchland and the ranching community. John owns and operates the historic a7 Ranch located west of Nanton, Alberta. John has been a former Director of the Canadian Center for Holistic Management and is a founding member of the Pekisko Group, an organization formed to preserve the Pekisko rangeland area in southwestern Alberta. He is also the current President of the Southern Alberta Land Trust Society (SALTS). John’s passionate approach to ecologically sound livestock grazing principles has made the a7 one of the best performing ranching operations on the eastern slopes.