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IREM Regional Vice President

2009 and 2010 Region 14 Vice President,
Institute of Real Estate Management
Mark Bell, CPM^®

Mark Bell, CPM®, ARM®, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, will serve as the 2009 and 2010 Regional Vice President for Region 14.  During his two-year term, he will have oversight for the activities of IREM’s three Canadian chapters.

Bell is regional manager for Regional Housing Operations – Southeast office, located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. For the past 27 years, he has been associated with Saskatchewan’s Housing Authority network.  Specifically, he has been involved with the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation and its social/affordable housing programs.

Bell has long been active in IREM locally, having served in leadership positions with IREM’s Saskatchewan Chapter No. 45 prior to its recent merger with several real estate chapters under the jurisdiction of the Real Estate Institute of Saskatchewan.  As well, he has served for a number of terms on the provincial board of the Real Estate Institute of Saskatchewan.

He is a past chair of the IREM Canada Council and, during his tenure, participated in many meetings of IREM’s Governing Council.   In addition, in 1998, he became a member of the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Institute of Canada, serving as its president from 2001 to 2002. 

Bell earned the IREM-conferred Accredited Residential Manager® (ARM®) accreditation in 1986 and the Certified Property Manager® (CPM®) designation in 1993.  He has served as a member of the IREM faculty since 1999, and has taught IREM courses in Canada on successful site management, marketing, and management of maintenance operations.