Ottawa-based real estate broker Patricia Verge has assumed the role of president of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA).
Active in the real estate profession for 34 years, Verge is a broker with Royal LePage Team Realty in Ottawa and a member of the Ottawa Real Estate Board. She is a past-president of CREA.
Ray Ferris of Erie’s Edge Real Estate in Port Rowan will serve as president-elect.
OREA directors-at-large are: Tom Lebour of Royal LePage Real Estate Services, Mississauga; Anna Vozza of Bob Pedler Real Estate, Windsor; and Valerie Miles of Re/Max Country Classics, Bancroft.
Azizali Kanjee of IPB Realty & Finance in Mississauga currently serves as commercial director and Ron Abraham of Lorimer Realty in King City will continue as the director representing the provincial association to CREA. Paul Etherington of Royal Heritage Realty in Pickering has been appointed substantial membership director. Costa Poulopoulos of Realty Executives Elite in London remains on the board as past-president.
Provincial directors representing different geographic areas are: Eastern Ontario, Linda McCallum of Royal LePage Team Realty; Central Ontario, Maureen O’Neill, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada and Ettore Cardarelli, National Realty Centre; Northern Ontario, David Kurt of Coldwell Banker Charles Marsh Real Estate; Southern Ontario,
John Oddi of Royal LePage Action Realty; Northeastern Ontario, David Reid of Enjoy Muskoka Realty; and Western Ontario, Karen Cox of Sea & Ski Realty.
OREA represents 60,000 brokers and salespeople who are members of the 40 real estate boards throughout the province.
