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The United Association's chief officer is General President Mark McManus. In August 2016, Mark McManus was unanimously elected as General President at the UA's 39th General Convention and on November 10, 2016, he assumed his new position leading the nation's most progressive and influential trade union.
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18. Dacascos is perhaps best known for his roles as Mani in the French film Brotherhood of the Wolf, Toby Wong in the 1997 film Drive, and Ling in the 2003 film Cradle 2 the Grave. Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed the Chairman on Food Network's television series Iron Chef America. This role was previously played by Takeshi Kaga in the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Dacascos' character is presented as Kaga's nephew, though the actors are not related.