Mark Campbell has been an owner of the Backlot for 4 years (with his business partner Ward), after having worked for its previous owner Ken for 8 years.  He has worked in the bar and restaurant industry since 1994, moving to Banff in 1996 from his home town in Nova Scotia.  After that, he worked briefly in Westminster before settling in Calgary.

Although the Backlot is a relatively small space, they have done more for the community than most of us will ever know - from providing a space for community groups to hosting meetings and events, to the bar making direct contributions to fundraising efforts.  Mark says he doesn’t do it to get his name in the paper, so to speak - in fact, he shies away from such attention.  "The only time I like to really be in the limelight is when I’m being a silly little fool bartending.  It’s just my outgoing personality.  I’m still pretty humble when it comes to things like that," he says.

Mark doesn’t have a lot of free time, but he enjoys hanging out with friends over food and drink.  During the summer he occasionally hikes, and generally enjoys the outdoors whenever he can.  He is currently in a relationship, and has been together with his boyfriend for a year and a half.  His goal is to maintain the Backlot as the "community meet and greet place" that it has always been, where everyone is welcome.