Lynn Hannley

Lynn is the Managing Director of The Communitas Group Ltd. Over the years she has been involved in the development of 59 housing projects, serving a broad range of incomes, whose total value exceeds 300 million dollars and provides housing for 2,070 households. Lynn has provided development services to worker co-operatives and community based co-operatives. Lynn has also been involved in research in the area of housing, education, community and co-operative economic development, health systems and social programs and policies.

Lynn has served on a variety of Boards of Directors including the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, Capital City Savings and Credit Union (Servus), the Edmonton Task Force on Homelessness, a joint task force of the City of Edmonton & Province of Alberta, Home-Ed and the Edmonton Joint Planning Committee on Housing Research. She along with colleagues Tom Forgrave and Rick Beaupre, prepared the first Edmonton Community Plan on Housing and Homelessness in 2000. She is also a published author in areas such as housing, land use, co-operatives and social policy matters. In 1993 Lynn received the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Award for outstanding contribution to co-operative housing, in 1996 Lynn received the Graham Emslie Award for Contribution to Housing and Community Development Issues from Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, and in 1998 the Alberta Co-operative Merit Award from the Alberta Co-operative Council and the Alberta Municipal Affairs.

Lynn Hannley has been an active voice for affordable housing in Canada, winning the Alberta Co-operative Merit Award, the Graham Emslie Award for Contribution to Housing and Community Development Issues and the CMHC Award for Outstanding Contribution to Co-operative Housing.

Brian Scott

Brian is the Marketing, Technology & Research Director for the Communitas Group. He also has expertise is in the area of financial analysis and environmental – “green” – building design and construction. He serves as Project Manager with consultants and trades during the design, development and construction stages of housing development. Brian is also responsible for the technical research and development programs for building design and environmental quality. Brian also develops and delivers workshops and training modules in the development stage.

Pam Iriye

Pam is the Manager of Development & Finance and provides expertise in financial planning, administration and coordination for Communitas projects and its associated companies. She provides mortgage administration on multi-family housing projects, prepares financial statements and corporate tax returns and prepares and delivers financial management workshops. Pam is responsible for financial management services for 33 corporations.
Currently Pam is Chair of the Risk Underwriting Fund board for the Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada and sits on the CASA Housing Services, Inc. board.