From left: Jamie Ryan, executive director, NBREA; award recipient Jacques Piche; Paul Burns, NBREA president; and Lincoln Thompson, owner/broker, Royal LePage Gardiner Realty.

Jacques Piche of Gardiner Realty Royal LePage in Fredericton has been named this year’s recipient of the Dave Hawkins Award, presented by the New Brunswick Real Estate Association (NBREA) to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the real estate industry.

Piche began his real estate career in 1990 after retiring from the Canadian Forces. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Fredericton Real Estate Board and served on numerous NBREA committees. He has been president of the Oromocto Chamber of Commerce, president of the Federal Superannuates National Association, director of the Local Advisory Council Fredericton, and served with several other community organizations. Piche and his wife Gloria have been married for 46 years and love spending time with their children and grandchildren.