Brian Niven began his camp journey in 1989 as a camper and ended his camp journey in 2002 working as a Unit Head. Brian loved going to camp so much so that he donated his Bar Mitzvah money to build the infamous Niven field. He remembers going to camp with Daniel Farber, Joshua Garfein, Ben Rubin, Jane Gerber, Rebecca Feferman, Brin Schwarz, Allson Hyatt, and Shana Gardenswartz.

One of his favorite camp memories was hiking up to Stumpy’s cave. He remembers rebuilding the trail to Stumpy’s and then walking to Mushroom Rock to play pine cone baseball. That night, they camped out under Mushroom Rock where Josh Lake and Brandon Light told them Stumpy’s story. They spent the entire night awake waiting for Stumpy to come to their campsite.

During Brian’s junior year of high school, he lived in Israel for six months on a NYFTY program, and after finishing high school he moved back to Jerusalem for his freshman year of college where he attended Hebrew University.

Brian now works as a criminal defense investigator, catering to the indigent population of Colorado through the Alternate Defense Counsel. He is excited to attend Family Camp this year with his two daughters Madilyn and Ireland, who are hopefully future campers! Over the last year, Brian has been working with the J on ideas for fundraising for Ranch Camp and for the Niven Field.