2019 Annual Association Awards

1. Service Award

This person has given his time at the local level as president, and then on the executive of CHBA BC as well as serving as a committee chair. After serving on the executive committee since 2016, this member has proven to be a real leader in the industry and association helping to navigate through some very important issues. He never failed to step up when called upon and was always accessible. His term has now finished on the executive. The recipient of the CHBA BC Service Award to Matt McCurrach.

2. CHBA BC Member of the Year

The prestigious CHBA BC Member of the Year is presented annually to a member in recognition of his/her dedication and service to the Association at the provincial level. The Award recognizes the member’s effort to promote the mission and vision of the Association provincially. Each year CHBA BC recognizes members who have made significant contributions to the housing industry and to our Provincial association. The recipient of the CHBA BC Member of the Year is Mark Bernhardt.

3. New Member Recruitment (Highest number of new members to the Association in 2019)

This is a significant award and could easily be called the best salesperson award. It should be noted that there were a number of membership increases throughout the province and each year, we ask the local to provide their membership numbers as of the end of December 31 so we can keep consistency. The local association with the greatest number of new members to the association Kerriann Coady with CHBA Vancouver Island.

4. Local Association of the Year Award

Local Home Builders’ associations strive to provide membership value, achieve an environment in which members can operate profitably while working to mitigate the effects of regulations, while ensuring safety, and to promote choice in housing for homebuyers.

The Local Association of the Year Award is presented to the Local HBA that has been considered to have made the greatest progress and achievement over the previous year in implementing an agenda of services and activities for members and support of the provincial association and its programs. We are very pleased to announce that the Local Home Building Association of the Year Award is presented to CHBA Central Interior.

5. Executive Officer of the Year Award

At CHBA BC, we have a collaborative and hard-working group of Executive Officers. They work each day to ensure their local association keeps moving forward and members are engaged. They organize seminars, dinner events, award programs and ensure members keep paying them which is the most important part of their job!

The Executive Officer of the Year Award recognizes the highest level of dedication, professionalism, and competence in organization management, as shown by Executive Officers at the local level of the Association. Each entry has been nominated or endorsed by the president of the local association. This category was judged by their CHBA peers outside of the province. We are pleased to announce that the Executive Officer of the Year Kerriann Coady.