MBA OFFICER ELECTION BIOS
1ST VICE PRESIDENT — BRIAN KOELZER Hello everyone, my name is Brian Koelzer. I’m running for a second term as your 1st VP. My family and I live outside the small community of Manhattan in the southwest corner of the state. As a self-employed masonry contractor, my schedule is flexible enough for me to get many days to pursue my bowhunting passion every year. I’m equally lucky that my wife enjoys bowhunting as well, so it’s not a point of contention but a family event! My first bow was made for me when I was born, and I’ve been bow shooting actively since the age of 6. Since my first big game archery hunt in 1992, I’ve exclusively hunted with a bow and arrow. My bowhunting adventures have taken me from the Alaskan tundra to the rolling hills of Ohio and many points in between. I’ve currently been on the MBA board for ten years now and can say, without a doubt, it has been an honor to help promote and preserve bowhunting and archery in our great state. Besides the MBA, I’m also a Pope & Young Regular member, PBS Qualified regular member, Comptons, Bowhunters Of Wyoming, Traditional Bowhunters of MT, and NRA. “If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it” -Fred Bear. Thank you for considering me for a second term. Pick a spot and keep’em sharp!!
REGION 1 — AL KELLY Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel another convention but the business still goes on. It’s election time once again and I would like to serve another term as a Region 1 representative. For those of you whom I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting yet, I love the sport of bowhunting and just generally enjoy any activity that will get me outdoors with family, friends, and my dogs. I’ve been bowhunting for 41 years and work hard to give back to the sport because I love it and want to share that love with others and ensure that it will be here for future generations. I started teaching bowhunter education in North Idaho when the program was first introduced in Idaho and then began teaching in Montana a few years after moving here in 1996. I enjoy hunting just about everything there is to hunt, Elk is my first love, whitetail, mule deer, carp, and turkeys. I also like to get out and fish and hunt upland game birds with my best buddy Bolt, my Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon. If you wish to support me in my bid for another term, I would gladly continue to serve. There remains a lot of work to do and I will do what I can.
REGION 3 — LIBERTY BROWN My name is Liberty Brown, and I’m seeking re-election as a Region 3 representative. I moved to Bozeman, MT during the summer of 1998, after spending six years as a submariner in the United States Navy. In 2003, I graduated from Montana State with a B.S. in Business Marketing. Since then, I held a few different marketing and sales management positions until 2013, when I decided to start my own company. My wife, Andi, and I have three children, and we are proud to be raising them in Montana. We’ve been family members of the MBA for six years, and I’ve been serving as an MBA Region 3 representative for the last two. I’m also responsible for maintaining the MBA website and social media marketing. Since my involvement with the MBA, my passion for bow hunting has continued to grow. As a Region 3 representative, I hope to continue to be an advocate for the MBA by striving to live by the mission statement of the MBA and to be a voice for other bowhunters in Region 3 and for the state of Montana.
REGION 3 — PAUL KEMPER I was born and raised in northwest Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State in 2016 with a degree in broadcast journalism and Wildlife & Fisheries Science. I live in Bozeman and work for Randy Newberg and the Fresh Tracks TV crew. Hunting elk and whitetails with a stick bow are a few of my favorite pursuits. I also serve on the board of Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and the Traditional Bowhunters of Montana. I am the co-host of The Bowhunting Montana Podcast.
REGION 5 — BEN BULLER My name is Ben Buller. I would like to help the Montana Bow Hunters Association and archery clubs in Montana and support them. I have been shooting archery since I was 6 years old. I started out shooting a traditional bow and still do, but now I shoot compound as well. My dad has shown me the true meaning of archery hunting and the respect for it. I have been shooting archery for 30 years and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. I have gotten my wife actively involved and just started both my kids in archery. I hunt every year with my bow and I am active in the local archery club at the Blue Creek Sports Complex. I would like to be a representative of the Region 5 MBA. I was asked by Ken Schultz to consider the position along with him. Please consider me for the position
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