Ettore Cardarelli, Provincial Director 

Toronto, February 29, 2008... Mississauga real estate broker Ettore Cardarelli will continue in the role of provincial director of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), the association announced at its annual conference on February 27.

In this capacity, he will represent the Central Ontario area, consisting of the Brampton, Durham Region, Mississauga, Oakville-Milton, Orangeville and district, Toronto and York Region real estate boards on the OREA board of directors.

Active in the real estate profession for 21 years, Mr. Cardarelli is broker of record with National Realty Centre Inc., Brokerage of Mississauga. He is a past president and member of the Mississauga Real Estate Board where he chaired the arbitration, by-laws and ethics appeals committees, and served on the MREB/TREB GTA boards’ coordination committee. As a member of the Toronto Real Estate Board, he was a vice chair of the arbitration committee. Mr. Cardarelli has served as a member of OREA’s government relations committee and chair of the property insurance task force and communication committee and has served on the OREA Board since 2003. Most recently, Mr. Cardarelli served as chair of OREA’s government relations committee and strategic branding task force.

The Ontario Real Estate Association represents 45,000 brokers and salespeople who are members of the 43 real estate boards throughout the province. Members of the association may use the “REALTOR^®” trademark, which identifies them as real estate professionals who subscribe to a high standard of ethics and service.

OREA serves REALTORS^® through a wide variety of professional publications, educational programs, government lobbying and other services. A division of the association, the OREA Real Estate College, provides all real estate registration education courses in Ontario.

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