Tara Ersser
Morrison Hershfield now Stantec
Facility Assessment Consultant
Tara Ersser, B.Arch.Sci.
Tara is a facility assessment consultant with Morrison Hershfield in Calgary, Alberta and a board member on the Canadian Condominium Institute (CCI) South Alberta Chapter. Tara began her career in 2005 as a building restoration consultant where she was involved with building component condition evaluations, preparing specifications and tendering work to contractors for building repairs, and providing construction review and contract administration services for building restoration projects. Tara’s current focus and expertise is in completing building condition assessments, including life cycle assessments for all facility types (for capital planning and real estate transaction purposes), and reserve fund studies and technical audits for condominiums. She has provided facility assessment services for hundreds of properties across Canada.

Andrew Fulcher, BA
Prairie Management & Realty
Andrew Fulcher is a full time real estate broker and condominium manager with Prairie Management and Realty Inc. of Okotoks. Licensed since 1995, Andrew began his career selling homes and then moved into property management founding Prairie Management and Realty in 2003. A past president of CCI Southern Alberta, Andrew sat on several Service Alberta panels during the recent updates to the Condominium Property Act. Andrew enjoys sharing his condominium experiences through teaching seminars and courses for CCI and recently delivered CCI Southern Alberta's first live webinar course. Andrew’s company presided over $18 million of condominium rebuilds/remediation after the Southern Alberta floods of 2013.

Douglas Dixon
Real Estate Council of Alberta
Regulatory Compliance Advisor
Doug Dixon, CAE, Regulatory Compliance Advisor | Real Estate Council Alberta (RECA)
Doug Dixon is a Real Estate Regulatory Compliance Advisor for RECA and was the staff coordinator providing support to the Condominium Manager Implementation Advisory Committee. Doug has a long history with the condominium industry, including sales, working with developers and condominium managers. In his 25 years of regulatory experience he has dealt with issues between condominium management companies, between condominium managers and condominium corporations and also condominium managers/corporations and unit owners. Doug is also a condominium owner and serves on the corporation’s board. Doug has worked in various roles in the real estate industry for over 40 years. Prior to his real estate career, he was a Navigation Officer in the CAF.

Neil Fawcett
REIC Calgary Chapter
President
Neil Fawcett is a Certified Property Manager CPM ®, Accredited Residential Manager ARM®, IREM/REIC Faculty member and Real Estate Associate with a deep knowledge of Property Management, With more that 18 years of property management experience, he has held Senior Property Management roles with local, national and international property management companies.

He is a passionate facilitator who enjoys teaching emerging property management professionals how to succeed and advance in their careers through engaging learning opportunities, collaboration, and mentorship.

He has been on the REIC Calgary Chapter Board since 2013, serving in numerous roles and is the Chapter President. In 2021 was elected as to the REIC National Board of Directors and serves as director.

Neil freelances as an instructor, educator, property manager and consultant in Calgary and is the President of Eureka Solutions Inc. and the General Manager of Rise Real Estate Academy.

Cynthia DeDeugd
REIC Calgary Chapter
Property Manager
Professional Profile
Cynthia is a Licensed Alberta Real Estate Broker with over 10 years of Commercial, Residential, and Condominium Property Management experience in southern Alberta.
She is driven to high standards personally, while mentoring and inspiring colleagues, staff and clients to promote growth, advancement and success for all.
Cynthia is dedicated to bringing best practice to Residential and Condominium Property Management in Alberta.
Education
RECA Licensed Broker/Brokerage (Montgomery Ross &Ass.) 2020
REIC/IREM CPM 2018/current
Alberta Municipal Government Tax Assessment Member 2017/current
ACMA Condominium Manager Associate 2016/current
Subdivision& Appeal Board Member City of Chestermere 2015/current
RECA & AREA Real Estate Brokers Program 2015
RECA Licensed Property Manager 2014
Certified Condominium Management at MRU 2008
RECA Licensed Realtor at MRU 2007

Ryan Coles
RJC Engineers
Principal
Educated in New Brunswick, Ryan joined Calgary’s Building Science & Restoration Team in 2008. Ryan became a Professional Engineer (AB) in early 2013 and was promoted to Project Engineer in 2014.
Ryan is responsible for a wide variety of projects and services including the assessment and rehabilitation of structural elements, building envelope, roofs, post-tensioned systems, fall protection and parkades. Ryan currently manages Calgary’s portfolio of reserve fund studies and is a member of the Structural Restoration Liaison Group. He serves on the Board of Directors for the South Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Condominium Institute (CCI) and is an active member of the Alberta Building Envelope Council and the Alberta Chapter of the American Concrete Institute.

Ryan has proven himself to be a strong leader and shares his commitment towards his work and overall success of the firm by continuously sharing information, industry insights and trends with colleagues and other teams across RJC. He embraces his mentorship role and actively provides support to junior staff under his direction.

Ryan understands how vital superior client service and relationship building is, both from the local and particularly a national perspective. This approach has garnered Ryan a large, loyal client base with some of Canada’s leading commercial developers such as Great West Life, Brookfield Properties and Cadillac Fairview. On the residential side of business, he’s made a name for himself in the Calgary condominium sector as a trusted advisor and primary contact for many of the local property managers.

Kate Kozowyk
Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP
Lawyer
Kate’s legal practice focuses on professional negligence matters, condominium law and personal injury matters, including
social and commercial host liability. She has appeared at all levels of Court in Alberta, including the Alberta Court of Appeal
and been involved in an Application for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Kate was born and raised in Calgary, and started to work for Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP (formerly Scott Venturo LLP and Scott
Hall LLP) in 2003, while taking her undergraduate degree in History at the University of Victoria; whilst an undergraduate she
also worked at a small law firm in Victoria. After working at Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP full time, she went to England to study
at the College of Law at Braboeuf Manor, Guildford, and was awarded her Bachelor of Laws Degree in 2011. Kate was awarded
the Pennington’s Michael Fellingham Memorial Prize for best student in Private Client and the Surrey Resolution Surrey Law
Prize for best student in Family Law.
In 2012, Kate returned to Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP as an articling student and became an associate in 2013.

Hanh Chan
SCOTT VENTURO RUDAKOFF LLP
Partner
Dionne was born and raised in Calgary and prior to entering law school, received her BSc in Psychology (Honours) from the
University of Calgary. She attended law school at the University of Victoria where she was awarded her JD degree in 2007.
Dionne also holds a certificate in International Business Law from Queens University and has completed a program in
International Property Law at Oxford University in England.
After graduating from law school, Dionne articled and practiced at a prominent Calgary law firm primarily in the areas of
construction, condominium and real estate. Dionne joined Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP in 2016 where she maintains a practice
that focuses on real estate, condominium and development law. She regularly represents sellers, purchasers, banks and
developers in acquisitions, sales and refinances of personal, commercial and investment property.
In addition to her real estate practice, Dionne acts for individuals, boards of directors, property managers and developers with
respect to various condominium matters including insurance claims, bylaw creation and interpretation, bylaw enforcement
and condominium disputes.
Dionne has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta including Provincial Court, the Court of Queen’s Bend and the Court
of Appeal.

Todd Brand
Todd Brand Consulting
Consultant
Todd Brand, M.A., PRP is an experienced leader serving the needs of all types of organizations. Todd's background and training in organizational leadership span over twenty years. Todd currently serves on the Board of Trustees of one of Canada's fastest growing school divisions. His education and wide experience cover many unique organizations and come together in his ability to coach, lead and train others for organizational effectiveness. As an expert in meeting rules, Todd provides parliamentary services, consultation, and training for annual general meetings, board meetings and bylaw revisions. Todd resides in Airdrie.