The Professional & Business Partners Committee

Golden Horseshoe Chapter

PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS PARTNERS

Ryan Griffiths

CWB Maxium Financial Chair, Professional & Business Partner Committee

Ryan is a Director at CWB Maxium Financial and works exclusively with Condominium Corporations, Property Managers, and other stakeholders across Canada to develop and implement customized financing solutions. Ryan is Chair of the Professional & Business Partners Committee. As I’ve said many times before, CCI Golden Horseshoe is very fortunate to have many supportive and dedicated Business Partners and Professional members amongst our membership. A number of these members also generously devote their time and expertise to the Professional & Business Partners (“P&BP”) Committee. The P&BP committee is a diverse group of condominium industry service providers with expertise in property management, engineering, law, lending, restoration, general contracting, landscaping, and HVAC services.

The one thing all the parties have in common is a commitment to the condominium industry and a desire to keep finding ways to add value for our members. As a somewhat unique committee (not all CCI Chapters have a P&BP Committee) our group is always looking for opportunities to deliver on our committee mandate: “To Promote and Grow a Network of Trusted Professionals for the Benefit of all CCI Members”. To me that mission means providing our Business Partners and Professional members with opportunities to both showcase their services and provide their insights, guidance, and education to our condominium corporation members. We accomplish this by delivering education, content, and networking opportunities.

While networking opportunities have become a challenge since the pandemic, our delivery of unique education and content hasn’t slowed down. Over the past several years we’ve delivered some great seminars on topics such as insurance, electric vehicles, reserve funding, and major repair projects. Our committee members also continue to provide content for our award-winning Condo News magazine. Keep an eye out for a new initiative we have been working on to provide short educational videos with real world, boots-onthe-ground insights that we think our members will find fascinating and helpful.

If you have any topics you would like to learn more about, or suggestions for new initiatives please don’t hesitate to reach out to anyone on the committee. I’d like to thank all the committee members and their respective employers for all their contributions and commitment, thank you!

Gail Cote, RCM

Property Management Guild gail@pmguild.ca

Gail is a Condominium Manager at Property Management Guild. She enjoys providing professional Property Management services to her clients since 1999 and has achieved her RCM designation. Gail enjoys participating on the CCI-GHC Board of Directors as well as actively volunteering on the CCI-GHC Professional Business Partners and Communication Committees. Gail has participated as a speaker at CCI events including the CCI-GHC Annual Conference, as well as having written articles for the Condo News publication.

Justin Deboer

Skyline Contracting justin@skylinecontracting.ca

Justin Deboer is the president of Skyline Contracting. Since 2004, Skyline Contracting has been providing expert roofing in Burlington, Hamilton, Ancaster, Grimsby, and Stoney Creek, along with property maintenance services to multi-unit complexes. With years of experience showing the value of responsive service and quality workmanship, it is Justin’s privilege to serve on the Professional Partner’s Committee where he gets to add even more value for all clients.

Patrick Greco

Shibley Righton LLP pgreco@shibleyrighton.com

Patrick is a partner in the Condominium Law Group at Shibley Righton LLP where he provides a full range of condominium solicitor and advocacy services and particularly enjoys attending and chairing difficult owners’ meetings. Patrick sits on the CCI-Golden Horseshoe Conference Committee and the CCI-Toronto Education Committee. He writes frequently on condominium issues and enjoys presenting to industry groups. In his free time, Patrick can be found in his garden or, in the winter, planning next year’s garden.

Shaun McCartney

ServiceMaster Restore of Oakville shaunm@svmoakvilledr.com

Shaun is the Business Development Manager of ServiceMaster of Oakville Disaster Restoration. We are a premier provider of professional restoration services to the condominium marketplace. We are an Atrens-Counsel Preferred vendor.

Craig McMillan, RCM, ACCI, CMCA, CAPM

Maple Ridge Community Management cmcmillan@mrcm.ca

Craig McMillan is President of Maple Ridge Community Management (MRCM) an Associa Company. He has been a Condominium Professional since 2003. Craig holds his RCM designation from ACMO, and his ACCI designation from CCI-National. He is a member of the Project Management Institute and holds his Certified Associate in Project Management designation CAPM. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for ACMO & ACMO’s Membership & Programs Committee. He also serves on the Professional & Business Partners Committee with CCIGHC, as well as CMRAO’s Advisory Committee. He is a frequent speaker at industry events & conferences, as well as contributing articles for various industry publications.

Natalie Park

Park Group HVAC & Plumbing Contact@parkgroupofcompanies.com

Natalie Park is the Manager of Park Group of Companies, HVAC & Plumbing Services. We provide industry leading materials with the Highest Quality Service Solutions for both Residential and Commercial Properties. Natalie is the newest board member with the CCI Golden Horseshoe Professional & Business Partners, Education Committee.

Suzanne Pestano

Gelderman Landscape Services suzannep@gelderman.com

Suzanne is the Client Care Manager for Gelderman landscaping. Gelderman works closely with property managers and condo boards as well as commercial properties throughout Waterdown, Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga and Oakville. They also have branches in Waterloo and Guelph. Gelderman takes pride in offering landscaping design and maintenance as well as winter snow maintenance for their clients.

Kevin Shaw, B.Tech.(Arch.Sc.), Board Liaison

Cion Coulter kevin.shaw@cioncoulter.com

As Principal, Kevin is responsible for all operational aspects of the firm’s building science services to it’s commercial and residential clients. Since he obtained his Architectural Science Degree from Ryerson, he has accumulated more than twenty-five years’ experience in building evaluation and rehabilitation. His areas of focus include business development, client liaison, project proposals, staff procurement and development, project management and oversight. Areas of specialty include failure investigations pertaining to the building envelope and structural components of buildings, design and project management of building rehabilitation projects, accessibility audits, performance audits and reserve fund studies. Kevin is very involved with the condominium community and has been a member of the Board of Directors for CCI (Golden Horseshoe Chapter) for the last three years. During that time he was an active member of the Business Partners committee and acted as the liaison to the Board of Directors.

Stephanie Sutherland

Cohen Highley LLP ssutherland@cohenhighley.com

Stephanie Sutherland is a condominium lawyer at the Kitchener office of Cohen Highley LLP. Stephanie assists condominium boards, unit owners, and managers with day-to-day governance matters, compliance issues, drafting and registration of new and amended condo governance documents, court and CAT proceedings, and mediations and arbitrations. She sits on several Grand River, Golden Horseshoe, provincial, and national CCI committees, and is on the Golden Horseshoe Board. Stephanie also regularly speaks at CCI events, and contributes articles to condo industry publications.