Kevin Manske

Kevin was born in Maine while his father was stationed at Loring Air Force Base while serving in the U.S. Air Force as an officer. His family moved back to Oregon when he was five weeks old, and he grew up in Portland. He is a sixth generation Oregonian. His mother’s family homesteaded in the northern Douglas County area and his father’s side was from Astoria, Oregon. A little-known fact is that his great-great-great-great-grandfather on his mother’s side was James Knox for whom Albany’s Knox Butte is named after. He graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School, and then received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement from Western Oregon University. In 1997 he was hired as a police officer with the Albany Police Department where he was awarded two Medals of Valor. He also taught at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Academy (the police academy) and at ITT Technical Institute in Portland, Oregon.

He has lived in the Albany Area for over 20 years, and he has two wonderful children who attend middle school. He is an Assistant Scout Master with his son’s Boy Scout Troop (he is an Eagle Scout), he is on the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Committee, a member of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors, am member of the Greater Albany Rotary Club and he is on the Albany Downtown Association Board of Directors. When he is not working, or engaged in family activities, he loves to spend time in the outdoors fishing, hunting, camping, and exploring.