Val Zanchuk is president of Graphicast, a manufacturing company in Jaffrey. He is also involved in business and education related initiatives in the state including past chair of the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, the board chair of the New Hampshire Learning Initiative, the board of the SEE Science Center, the board of the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the board of the Manufacturing Leadership Council, the Governor’s Pre-Engineering and Technology Advisory Council, and the New Hampshire SB 190 advisory committee on Career and Technical education. Val earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from Lehigh University. He also holds two US Patents in combustion technology.