Trish Kohorst,
RFT
General Manager, East Region
Trish joined Strategic in 2025, bringing a diverse background in operations and safety. Her Professional career has included vegetation management, timber development, beetle control, and wildfire prevention throughout BC and Alberta. Trish also served as Director of Operations for harvesting and log hauling in the Interior and Vancouver Island. She served as the Manager of Transportation and Northern Safety with BC Forest Safety Council (BCFSC), leading initiatives focused on reducing serious injuries and fatalities in the forest industry, specifically transportation in the sector. Working with the Industry and the Director of Transportation, she collaborated and led initiatives and programs and developed resources that contributed to the industry achieving the lowest injury rate in history.
She has represented safety in the forestry industry as the subject matter expert with other agencies and continues as a member of provincial advisory groups.She has facilitated the development of training programs, including light truck, ATV, and Professional Industry Driver.
