Last month, Randy Bartsch of Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service, based in Vancouver, made history as TRSA’s first elected leader from Canada. Additionally, Bartsch is the first TRSA chair—our 68th—who, to our knowledge, spent six years as a professional freestyle snow-skier on the World Cup circuit before fully committing to his family’s laundry business.

A Three-Part Business Journey

After interviewing Bartsch—who also serves as executive chair of Ecotex—along with his sons, Bryan (Ecotex president and CEO) and Brendon (regional manager for British Columbia), plus three non-family colleagues, it became clear that Randy’s expertise on the ...