Kash Manchuk has been a member of Foresters^TM for more than 35 years, working continuously in elected and appointed offices. During this time he has held numerous Branch and Regional Council Officer positions, including being recently elected as Regional Council President for Ontario West.

A Certified Management Accountant by profession, Kash served for 10 years as Secretary/Treasurer and Director, Finance Publishing and Administration at the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. He has also served as Controller and Chief Financial Officer for other organizations for over twenty years, and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Niagara Chemical Subsidiary. He continues to operate an accounting practice in the Hamilton, Ontario area.

Through his Foresters involvement, Kash was Chair of the Child Print Program with Canada Customs, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canada Immigration’s Missing Children Program. His efforts have been recognized through an honourable mention for the Child Print Program in Canadian Parliament’s Hansard Report. In partnership with Foresters Hamilton, Ontario sales office, Kash helped coordinate a 10-day Child Print Exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in 1995. That same year, he helped coordinate a Children’s Safety Day for Southwestern Ontario at the Hamilton International Air Show. In 1994 he was appointed Fraternal Education Trainer.

With the Anglican Church, he has served 10 years as the Rector’s Warden. He has also served on the Parish Counsel, the Ways and Means Committee and as a delegate to Synod.

Kash currently serves on Foresters Board of Directors' Fraternal, and Inspection & Audit Committees.

Kash lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with his wife Marie. They have four children and six grandchildren.