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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThat’s the experience I’ve spent a lifetime building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Lifelong dedication to community service.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Business Development Executive<\/strong> with a long career history of business growth, productivity, planning and bringing people together to overcome challenges and maximize potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Certificate Governance from the Institute of Corporate Directors<\/strong> and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Executive Programs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Proud Member of the Royal Canadian Legion.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- At the table with the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment and Indigenous Leaders.<\/strong> As a voice for our communities. An ally for our water, clean lakes and waterways. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Booster for the Gravenhurst Health Hub<\/strong> and Save the South Muskoka Hospital Committee<\/strong> volunteers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Advocate for our Muskoka Lakes Association<\/strong> and the precious health of our lakes. Attended Friends of the Muskoka Watershed AGMs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Volunteer President of the Ryde Community Co-op<\/strong> serving the well being of the community with programs and services benefitting all ages. Powered by volunteers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Food Insecurity Support<\/strong> during Covid 19 for Gravenhurst and Indigenous communities across Parry Sound and Muskoka. Strong collaboration with Feed It Forward. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Board Member Legacy for Alex<\/strong> supporting funding for Youth Mental Health Support such as Alex’s House, Gravenhurst High School (Go Gryphons!), and MindAid Muskoka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Attended “Every” Town Council and Committee Meeting for an Year<\/strong>. I’m still a regular! Well known to the Town of Gravenhurst and the District of Muskoka Mayors, Staff and Management. Then I met with the Mayors of Muskoka. I created my own University of Gravenhurst. It’s all more than familiar to me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- GAP (Gravenhurst Against Poverty)<\/strong> volunteer three years. Forever a booster. Fundraiser participant in Coldest Night of the Year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Gravenhurst Winter Carnival Committee<\/strong>. Great weekend for the Gravenhurst local business economy. Go Skokie!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Community Influencer<\/strong>. Supporting, acknowledging and sharing the news and stories of outstanding people, organizations, events and local culture. Celebrating the Community and Business builders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
In service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Marc Mantha for Mayor of Gravenhurst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/marc-mantha-signature.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVote October 26, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Council experience teaches you how a municipality works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lifetime of service and leadership teaches you how to move one forward.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Record of Experience and Service to Gravenhurst, Muskoka, and our Lake Associations. Sure, council experience has value. What matters is a lifetime of community service, leadership, and business experience. Gravenhurst needs a Mayor who can see the bigger picture, bring people together, and help our community reach its fullest potential. That’s the experience I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmantha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Business Development Executive<\/strong> with a long career history of business growth, productivity, planning and bringing people together to overcome challenges and maximize potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n