Corporate Officers

Thomas Schwartz, President and CEO

Tom Schwartz graduated as a Chartered Accountant in 1975 and went on to pursue a career in real estate development. Tom Schwartz, along with a partner, founded Intraurban Projects in 1976 to specialize in the development of new housing projects in mature communities. Intraurban has built and developed over 2,500 housing units serving all market segments from luxury to affordable. Tom Schwartz, through York Heritage Properties, and Intraurban Projects has participated in the development, construction, and management of over 600,000 sq. ft. of office, commercial and retail space. Tom Schwartz is active in industry and government affairs. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Home Builders Association, the City of Toronto’s Housing Action committee; Director of Kehilla Residential Consultants, the Board of Directors of the Ontario New Home Warranty Program; and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario. Tom is currently on the Board of Trustees of Chartwell Seniors Housing REIT.

Scott Cryer, Chief Financial Officer

Scott Cryer joined CAPREIT in September 2009 and is currently Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cryer most recently held the position of Vice President, Financial Reporting. Prior to joining CAPREIT, Mr. Cryer had an eleven year career of increasing responsibility in the Real Estate Assurance and Advisory practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in 2000 and holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Maria Amaral, Chief Accounting Officer

Maria Amaral joined CAPREIT in 1997 and is currently its Chief Accounting Officer.  Mrs. Amaral has been involved in all aspects of corporate and property management accounting and financial due diligence of real estate portfolios since 1986. Mrs. Amaral was Accounting Manager of MPI Group Inc., a company engaged in real estate investment and development, since 1995. Mrs. Amaral also held the position of Accounting Manager of MICC Properties Inc., a real estate investment and development company, since 1987. Prior to 1987, Mrs. Amaral, as Chief Accountant, was responsible for property management accounting with Guaranty Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Company of Canada. Mrs. Amaral is a Certified Management Accountant.

Mark Kenney, Chief Operating Officer

Mark Kenney joined CAPREIT in 1998 and is currently its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kenney has 20 years of experience in the multi family sector, having worked previously at Realstar Management Partnership as District Manager of Western Canada and Northern Ontario (1995 to 1998) and Greenwin Property Management as Senior Property Manager prior to 1995.  Mr. Kenney is also a board member of the Federation of Rental Housing Providers of Ontario. 

Corinne Pruzanski, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Corinne Pruzanski joined CAPREIT as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2011. Prior to joining CAPREIT, Ms. Pruzanski was a partner in the law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP, which she joined as an associate in 2004 after working as a lawyer in New York for 7 years. Ms. Pruzanski's practice has focussed on commercial real estate transactions, advising clients in all sectors of the real estate industry on structuring acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financing arrangements. She was admitted to the Bar in Ontario in 1996 and in New York in 1997, and holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University. 

Vice Presidents

Yann Lapointe, VP Operations

Trish MacPherson, VP Sales and Marketing

Perry Rose, VP Procurement

Maggie Chin-Sang, VP Business Process Improvements

Nadia Georgis, VP Accounting

Robert Sestito, VP of IT and Chief Information Systems Officer

Jodi Lieberman, VP Human Resources