The following Members will all be standing for election and re-election at the 2017 C.S.S.A. Annual General Meeting on June 7, 2018. There are 7 seats on your Board and we would like to give you the opportunity to “meet” these professionals in the self storage industry here.
Mr. Troy McLellan – President/Chief Executive Officer at Public Storage Canada and Current President of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Troy has been an active part of the Canadian Self Storage Association since 2009, and directly involved with many initiatives affecting the industry across the country. Troy has worked with Public Storage in Canada since 2002, and has been President and CEO since 2010. Public Storage is among the largest operators in the country with facilities in many major markets across Canada. Troy has a long history of real estate and development in Canada and has been educated in both business/commerce and employee relations management.
Ms. Sue Margeson – Self Storage Facility Owner/Investor, Director/Secretary and Executive Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Sue is the founding Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association and has been on the Board of Directors in many capacities since 2004. Sue has owned her storage facility since 1989 and still currently is involved in ownership now of a few facilities in Ontario and Alberta. Upon creating the C.S.S.A. as we know it today, Sue realized that the self storage community in this vast country really needed to have a means of communication, obtaining good resources, a voice for advocacy and lobbying, learning and sharing of information with others in the industry and these were some of the reasons why the CSSA was born! Since 2004 Sue has been extremely involved in the planning and implementing of many CSSA programs, initiatives, events and more. Sue really cares about the industry in Canada and the people in it and spends endless hours assisting others in self storage with anything that they require help with. Sue created the motto of the CSSA and truly lives by it….T.E.A.M. (Together Everyone Achieves More).
Mr. Steven Scott – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StorageVault Canada, Owner and Chief Executive Officer of The Access Group of Companies and a Current Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Steven Scott is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of StorageVault Canada (TSXV: SVI) and an owner and Chief Executive Officer of The Access Group of Companies. Mr. Scott has over 20 years of experience in the ownership, acquisition, development and management of self storage, residential and commercial real estate in Canada. Mr. Scott serves as an Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair of both Timbercreek Financial Corporation (TSX: TF) and Park Lawn Corporation (TSX: PLC). Mr. Scott serves as Director and Treasurer of the Canadian Self Storage Association (CSSA). Mr. Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and the CPA and CA designations.
Mr. Chris Killi – CFO Wilmington Capital Management Inc., Managing Partner, CEO of the Real Storage Group and Current Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Mr. Bruce Shannon – General Manager of Metro Self Storage and Current Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Bruce is the General Manager at Metro Self Storage in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Metro Self Storage currently has 13 facilities located throughout Atlantic Canada. We are pleased that Bruce is the CSSA Director, representing all CSSA Members in the Atlantic Region.
Ms. Tami Reilly – Self Storage Owner/Operator and Current Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Tami is the President of Canadian Commercial Services Ltd. which provides operations consulting for storage owners. She owns Burnaby Self Storage and Agassiz Store All, and is the facility operator for Vancouver Self Storage and Main Road Mini Storage in British Columbia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Ryerson University. Tami is a very active and valuable member of the board since 2012, working on the Delinquency Management sub committee and helping with website matters and photography for the CSSA.
Mr. Robert Madsen – President at U-Lock Group and Current Director of the Canadian Self Storage Association
Robert Madsen grew up in self storage, having been introduced to it at the age of 5 when his parents bought their first conversion facility in downtown Vancouver. Forty years later self storage continues to be his passion and livelihood as he operates his ‘small family business’ under the U-Lock Mini Storage brand, in British Columbia. Operating, in communities big and small he loves the industry and all things storage. He remains active in advocating for the industry and helping it evolve in productive and positive ways. He’s currently President of the Vancouver Island Self Storage Association and a Director on the Canadian Self Storage Association. He enjoys writing articles, presenting at conferences, sharing storage know-how and contributing as a moderator on the industries largest online self storage forum for owners, staff and vendors. He values the importance of giving back as a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Steveston and currently serves as their Public Relations Chair. In his spare time, he loves spending time with family and friends while participating in new adventures and travel.
Mr. Peter Obradovich – Spaces Self Storage, Toronto, Ontario
Peter, is responsible for the day to day operations and strategic planning for Spaces Self Storage. Peter has been working in the self storage industry for the past 10 years. Peter currently sits on the Board of Centre Aisle in a volunteer capacity. Centre Aisle is a collective of young leaders who share a passion for live music, Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall and supporting emerging artists. Peter has had previous volunteer experience for other organizations as well. Peter would like to serve on the CSSA Board of Directors to bring a voice that not only represents a younger demographic, but also one that has amore operations-based focus and a small operator.
Mr. David Allan – Apple Self Storage
David has been working in the self storage industry for 4.5 years and is responsible for Development, Acquisitions and Marketing at Apple Self Storage. Apple Self Storage owns and operates 32 self storage facilities in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. David currently serves on the Board of Directors; Executive Committee at Huron University College and has been a Senator-Young Leader Representative for the S.S.A. David also volunteers as a Chef at Welcoming Arms Community drop in dinner. David would like to serve on the C.S.S.A. Board of Directors because he has the energy and commitment to stimulate positive change and engagement with Members and those not-yet Members that we have not yet been able to reach. David believes that all strong industries need a healthy and robust trade organization and association and he would like to be in a leadership role to continue the good work that the C.S.S.A. does.
