The Ottawa Real Estate Board, the city’s largest trade association with over 3,100 sales representatives and brokers, has elected a new Board of Directors.
The new executive consists of president Rick Eisert, past president Shane Silva, president elect Ralph Shaw and vice president Dwight Delahunt.
Eisert has been a member of OREB for 34 years and has served on numerous committees and task forces since 1994, including governance, MLS and technology and professional standards. He was first elected to the board in 2011 for a two-year term and then rejoined in 2015, when he was named vice president. In 2016 he was voted in as president elect.
“I have worked very hard this past year to prepare for the year ahead,” says Eisert. “I am humbled and proud to serve as president of this amazing organization, and am very excited about the year ahead.”
Joining Eisert are Rachel Hammer, Dominique Milne, Anna Russell and Debra Wright, who are completing the second year of their two-year term as directors, along with newly elected and appointed directors David Armstrong, Deborah Burgoyne, Andrew Ouellette, Anne Scharf and Richard Smith (chair of the commercial services division).
“As the Board of Directors, it is our responsibility to keep our focus on the horizon,” says Eisert. “The job of the board is to set the strategic plan, to monitor the progress of that plan and to always be on the lookout for potential threats. I look forward to helping ensure that our organization remains a strong and productive voice in our community.”
