Our Board

The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association's business is managed on behalf of the membership by a Board of Directors consisting of fourteen elected directors. Directors serve for three-year terms and elections take place annually prior to the association's Annual General Meeting in the spring.

Shaun Simms

President | Director at Large

Vice President, People, Culture and Communications, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation

Margaret Pfoh

Past President | Regional Director, British Columbia

Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Housing Management Association

James Heinrichs

Vice President | Regional Director, Manitoba

Executive Director, Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation

Mylène Vincent

Treasurer | Regional Director, New Brunwick

Founder, Pivot Housing

Jen Crowe

Secretary | Regional Director, Newfoundland & Labrador

Chief Executive Officer, Choices for Youth (CFY)

Jackie Hunt

Director, Indigenous Communities

Senior Director Strategy and Impact, End Homelessness Winnipeg

Eiryn Devereaux

Regional Director, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon

President and CEO of the Nunavut Housing Corporation

Steven Drysdale

Regional Director, Saskatchewan

Operations Analyst, Namerind Housing Corporation

Nadia Gouveia

Regional Director, Ontario

Chief Operating Officer, Toronto Community Housing

Maurice James

Regional Director, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island

Director of Community Programs, Phoenix Youth Programs

Gord Johnston

Regional Director, Alberta

CEO, Civida

Louis-Philippe Myre

Regional Director, Quebec

Directeur général, Interloge

Leigh Bursey

Director at Large

Independent Member

Jamie Facciolo

Director at Large

Director of Development and Homelessness Initiatives, Homes First