The Canadian Real Estate Association Installs 2025-2026 Board of Directors

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

At its 2025 Annual General Meeting, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) installed Valerie Paquin as Chair of its 2025-2026 Board of Directors.

Paquin is a REALTOR^(R) and broker-manager from Blainville, Quebec, who has spent the past 20 years helping shape the real estate industry. A recognized leader, she has served as a volunteer on Greater Montreal Real Estate Board committees (now the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers) and has chaired numerous CREA committees. She's also committed to volunteerism within and outside the industry.

Paquin is joined on the board by fellow officers Garry Bhaura, Chair-Elect, Darin Germyn, Vice-Chair, and James Mabey, Immediate Past Chair.

CREA's 2025-2026 Board of Directors is rounded out with the following members:

Anthony Bastiaanssen, Regional Director, British Columbia/Yukon
Sarah Johnston, Regional Director, Alberta/Northwest Territories
Kourosh Doustshenas, Regional Director, Manitoba
Avril Reifferscheid, Regional Director, Saskatchewan
Winson Chan, Regional Director, Ontario
Daniel Dagenais, Regional Director, Quebec
Chris Peters, Regional Director, Atlantic
Linnea Vandenberghe, Regional Director, Atlantic
David Brown, Director-at-Large
David Oikle, Director-at-Large
Luc Woolsey, Director-at-Large
Phil Moore, Director-at-Large

About the Canadian Real Estate Association

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) is one of Canada's largest single-industry associations. CREA works on behalf of more than 160,000 REALTORS^(R) who contribute to the economic and social well-being of communities across Canada. Together they advocate for property owners, buyers, and sellers.

For more information, please contact:
Pierre Leduc, Media Relations
The Canadian Real Estate Association
Tel.: 613-237-7111 or 613-884-1460
E-mail: pleduc@crea.ca

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2025-2026 Canadian Real Estate Association Board of Directors

The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) installed its 2025-2026 Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in Ottawa, Ontario. Top row from left to right, Kourosh Doustshenas, Regional Director, Manitoba, Phil Moore, Director-at-Large, Luc Woolsey, Director-at-Large, Chris Peters, Regional Director, Atlantic, David Brown, Director-at-Large, Avril Reifferscheid, Regional Director, Saskatchewan, Linnea Vandenberghe, Regional Director, Atlantic, Daniel Dagenais, Regional Director, Quebec, David Oikle, Director-at-Large. Bottom row, left to right, Darin Germyn, Vice-Chair, Winson Chan, Regional Director, Ontario, Sarah Johnston, Regional Director, Alberta/Northwest Territories, Garry Bhaura, Chair-Elect, Valérie Paquin, Chair, James Mabey, Immediate Past Chair, Janice Myers, CEO, and Anthony Bastiaanssen, Regional Director, British Columbia/Yukon.