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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 CHBA Leadership Award Winners

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