Our executives

Our senior executive team provides leadership and oversees operations at BC Housing. The executive is responsible for:

Ensuring staff deliver efficient, high quality services that are responsive to client needs.
Developing performance measures for working with housing providers and others in the community.

From left to right: John Bell, Margaret McNeil, Mike Klein, Susan Thom, Michael Blaschuk,
Shayne Ramsay, Dan Maxwell, Wendy Acheson, Craig Crawford, Agnes Ross, Dale McMann, Armin Amrolia.

Meet the members of our executive team:

For more information:

	Shayne Ramsay, CEO Since May 2000, Shayne Ramsay has been the CEO of BC Housing. Shayne was responsible for setting up the Homeowner Protection Office 11 years ago and also served as its first CEO. As of April 2010, the Homeowner Protection Office is now a branch of BC Housing. Prior to becoming the CEO of BC Housing, Shayne was the Director of Development Services for BC Housing, and the Director of Housing Policy and Program Development with the former Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing in B.C.. In addition to his work as the CEO of BC Housing, Shayne serves as President of the Crown Corporation Employer's Association, an agency that represents human resource issues for the provincial crown corporations in British Columbia. Shayne has a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Toronto.
	Dan Maxwell, Vice President Corporate Services & Chief Financial Officer Dan Maxwell is a chartered accountant who worked as the Director of Internal Audit for the Office of the Comptroller General of BC and an auditor in private industry before joining BC Housing as the Director of Finance in 1996. Dan left BC Housing in 1999 to help create the Homeowner Protection Office where he held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer. He returned to BC Housing as the Chief Financial Officer in 2003. Dan has a degree in commerce and business administration from the University of British Columbia.
	Craig Crawford, Vice President of Development Services As the Vice President of Development Services, Craig Crawford draws on his more than 20 years experience in the housing industry. Prior to coming to BC Housing, Craig worked in the Building and Planning Department for the City of Vancouver. He joined BC Housing in 1990 working as both a Senior Development Technician and Manager of Technical Services before becoming the Director of Development Services in 1998 and the Vice President of Development Services in 2005. Craig has a diploma in Building Technology from BCIT and a Masters in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.
	Margaret McNeil, Vice President of Operations Margaret McNeil joined BC Housing as Vice President of Operations in 2004. Prior to joining BC Housing, Margaret spent over 25 years in health care, most notably with VIHA Mental Health and Addictions, the Ministry of Health and the Vancouver Health Department. Margaret’s demonstrated leadership extends to strategic planning, program delivery and organizational change. She has led many complex initiatives focused on improving services for clients and tenants. Margaret has a Masters degree from Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from McMaster University in Ontario. Active in the community, Margaret has been on the Board of Directors of the Minerva Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division and a volunteer mentor with the YWCA.
	Michael Blaschuk, Vice President of Asset Strategies Prior to joining BC Housing as the first Vice President, of the new Asset Strategies Branch in October 2008, Michael Blaschuk held several senior executive positions in the Federal Government, most recently as the Director General Accommodation, Portfolio Management and Real Estate Services with Public Works and Government Services Canada and Director General, Headquarters Administration at Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Michael is a former Chief Appraiser of Canada and is an expert in real estate appraisal and assessment. Michael has multiple diplomas in Urban Land Economics from UBC and is a fully accredited member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada.
	Agnes Ross, Vice President of Human Resources For more than a decade, Agnes Ross has led BC Housing’s HR team and stewarded the organization’s growth from just over two hundred staff members to the almost six hundred people it employs today. Most of BC Housing’s growth occurred at a time when the province was beginning to experience the effects of retiring baby-boomers and an increased competition for talent. To ensure that the organization had the people it needed to carry a larger and more challenging mandate, Agnes led the development of a number of innovative programs in support of a strategic People Strategy. The BC Housing People Strategy reflects best practices in employee development and recognition and a culture of accountability. Prior to 1997, Agnes Ross managed the Human Resources function for organizations like Consumer and Corporate Affairs and the Woodlands Institution. Agnes brings with her an extensive background in all functional areas of Human Resources Management. Agnes is designated as a Certified Human Resources Practitioner (CHRP) with Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English from the University of Calgary.
	Susan Thom, Vice President of Corporate Communications Prior to joining BC Housing in 1993, Susan was the Regional Manager of Public Affairs with the former Employment and Immigration Canada (currently Service Canada) where she was employed for 17 years. Susan brings with her extensive experience in government, media and community relations. Susan is an Accredited Business Communicator with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and has served in different capacities on their local, national and international boards. Over the years, she has earned some 18 provincial, national and international awards from both IABC and the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) for various communications programs. Susan attended the University of British Columbia prior to switching her focus to the news media and graduated from Broadcast Journalism at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
	Wendy Acheson, Vice President and Registrar, Homeowner Protection Office Wendy Acheson was appointed the first Vice President and Registrar of the newest branch of BC Housing, the Homeowner Protection Office (HPO), on April 1, 2010. Prior to the transfer of the HPO to BC Housing, Wendy was the Manager, Licensing and Deputy Registrar of the Homeowner Protection Office. In this senior management position, which she held for almost five years, Wendy was responsible for overseeing licensing and compliance operations, and leading important initiatives within the organization to improve service delivery and increase consumer protection. This includes important changes to the Homeowner Protection Act. Wendy also served as Director of Licensing/Deputy Registrar of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia for five years. She brings extensive experience in licensing, the regulation of professionals and legal matters, government, housing and consumer protection. Wendy has degrees in both Law and Political Science from the University of Calgary. Her community involvement encompasses service with strata, co-operative housing, and community housing organizations.