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

OTTAWA, April 8, 2025 – At its 2025 Annual General Meeting, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) installed Valérie Paquin as Chair of its 2025-2026 Board of Directors.

Paquin is a REALTOR® and broker-manager from Blainville, Québec, 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

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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® 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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