At its 2025 Annual General Meeting in Ottawa on Apr. 8, the Canadian Real Estate Association installed Valerie Paquin as chair of its 2025-2026 board of directors.
Paquin is a Realtor and broker-manager from Blainville, Que., and has served on Greater Montreal Real Estate Board committees (now the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers) and chaired numerous CREA committees. She’s also committed to volunteerism within and outside the industry, CREA says in a news release.
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
Feature photo: 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.
