Association Leadership Awards – Past Winners

The CHBA Association Leadership Awards have a long history. Below is a list of recent award recipients. For past winners up to the year 2014, please see this document.

Please note that due to a change in award naming conventions at the time, there are no awards dated 2015.

2025 Winners, left to right: Melissa Jonker (EO of the Year - Small HBA), Mike Collins-Williams (EO of the Year - Large HBA), Jared Zaifman (EO of London HBA, Community Service Award Recipient), Vince Lapico (Rooftopper Membership Recruitment Champion), Claudia Simmonds (EO of CHBA New Brunswick, Small HBA of the Year), Rose Choy (EO of CHBA Central Interior, Large HBA of the Year). Not in attendance: Gary Sharp, Member of the Year

Member of the Year

2025 – Gary Sharp
2024 – Andy Oding
2023 – Tom Cochren
2022 – Rick Weste
2021 – Curtis Mercer
2020 – Doug Tarry
2019 – Bob Finnigan
2018 – Carolina Oxtoby
2017 – Errol Fisher
2016 – Bard Golightly

Rooftopper Membership Recruitment Champion

2025 – Vince Lapico, Windsor-Essex HBA

HBA of the Year

2025 (Small HBA) – CHBA New Brunswick
2025 (Large HBA) – CHBA Central Interior
2024 – Greater Ottawa HBA
2023 – West End Home Builders' Association
2022 – Manitoba Home Builders' Association
2021 – CHBA British Columbia
2020 – West End HBA
2019 – Saskatoon and Region HBA
2018 – BILD Alberta
2017 – Regina & Region HBA
2016 – CHBA Newfoundland & Labrador

Community Service Award

2025 – London HBA
2024 – CHBA Central Interior
2023 – CHBA - Vancouver Island
2022 – CHBA New Brunswick
2021 – Simcoe County HBA
2020 – CHBA - Central Interior
2019 – CHBA - Edmonton Region
2018 – CHBA - Central Interior
2017 – Regina & Region HBA
2016 – CHBA - Edmonton Region

Executive Officer of the Year

2025 (Small HBA) – Melissa Jonker, Guelph & District HBA and Greater Dufferin HBA
2025 (Large HBA) – Mike Collins-Williams, West End HBA
2024 – Jason Burggraaf, Greater Ottawa HBA
2023 – Rose Choy, CHBA - Central Interior
2022 – Lanny McInnes, Manitoba HBA
2021 – Joe Vaccaro, OHBA
2020 – Stu Niebergall, Regina & Region HBA
2019 – Guy Huntingford, BILD Calgary Region
2018 – Chris Guérette, Saskatoon & Region
2017 – Claudia Simmonds, CHBA New Brunswick
2016 – Mike Moore, Manitoba HBA