ALISON MCGAVIGAN Colliers International Edmonton, AB
Growing up in St. Albert, Alberta, with an urban planner father is what first sparked Alison McGavigan’s love of real estate. As a senior associate with Colliers International in Edmonton, McGavigan’s broadening experience, which now includes development land, office buildings, industrial and investment hospitality properties, is bringing her closer to her dream of establishing her own development company. McGavigan hopes to redevelop and revitalize older properties important to Edmonton’s history and culture, bringing together the city’s history with her own.
PETRINA KOLTUN
AMANDA WESTRHEIM
Royal LePage Kelowna
Century 21 Assurance Realty
Kelowna, BC
Kelowna, BC
Petrina Koltun’s life as a Saskatchewan Roughriders cheerleader may be long behind her, but the enthusiasm, energy and dedication she showed as a dancer for the Green and White are as prevalent as ever. In her nearly eight years as a Realtor at Royal LePage Kelowna, Koltun has found not just success, but balance. “I attribute my love affair and happiness with real estate to balance,” she says. “I believe it takes love and support from family, brokers, mentors and coaches to allow someone to balance a very busy life like mine.” Between the current boom in Kelowna’s market and her growing profile as a public speaker, Koltun will have ample opportunity to test that balance.
It’s hard to find anyone as in love with her job as Amanda Westrheim. “I was 6 years old when I knew I wanted to be a Realtor when I grew up,” she says. “I would always tour visitors through our home, pointing out the features. Trick-or-treating as a kid, I remember caring less about the candy and more about peering into other people’s homes. Before real estate, I was in high school. It’s all I’ve ever done.” Westrheim’s enthusiasm is crucial to her lasting success in Kelowna’s now-booming market. “It takes years of commitment and perseverance to find balance in real estate, but that will come,” she says. In 2016, she began The Westrheim Group, a venture that will allow young Realtors working alongside Westrheim to develop the same skills and habits that have made her one of the region’s top producers and savviest investors.
TRACY BARTRAM
SHANAN SPENCER-BROWN
Charlwood Pacific Group
Royal LePage Shelter Foundation
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Tracy Bartram has been with the Charlwood Pacific Group since 1982, and her extensive experience has made her an integral part of the company’s executive team. She is not only Charlwood’s CFO, overseeing legal affairs, accounting and HR, but she is also senior vice-president and CFO of Century 21, leading the company’s financial, legal and administrative departments.
As the head of Royal LePage’s charitable organization, Shanan Spencer-Brown is responsible for turning good intentions into tangible results. In 2015, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation raised $2.3 million to fight domestic violence. “Royal LePagers know that a house is only truly a home if the people who live there feel safe and loved,” she says. “Sadly, that’s not the case for thousands of Canadian women and children living with abuse.” While the Shelter Foundation has been doing fantastic work, Spencer-Brown wants to do more, such as increasing support for healthy relationship education at schools across Canada and doubling the annual amount the organization raises. “We have such an amazing group of supporters that I’m sure we can do it!” she says.
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