London, Ontario based sales representative Eavan Travers has been appointed commercial director of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA). She has also been named Canadian regional vice president (Region 12) of the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Institute for 2015. In these capacities, Travers will represent OREA’s commercial members on the board of directors and the CCIM (Region 12) membership on the CCIM board of directors.

Active in real estate for 25 years, Travers is a salesperson with Re/Max Advantage Realty in London. She is a founding member and former chair of the LSTAR regional commercial council.

Travers is the first woman to serve as commercial director at OREA. She has been an active appointee to OREA’s commercial council since 2008. She also served on the Real Estate Council of Ontario’s commercial real estate advisory committee (2009-2012) and was appointed the Ontario director to the CREA commercial council in 2013.

Ms. Travers became a CCIM designee in 2009. The CCIM Institute, established in 1954 and boasting a membership of 13,000, is recognized as the global leader in commercial and investment real estate education and services.