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Jeanhy Shim is a strategic and creative city building advisor, changemaker and entrepreneur.  For the  past  30 years,  she  has  been  working  in  the  real  estate  development  industry  in  the  Greater Toronto  Region,  providing  a  wide  range  of  strategic  development  advisory  services, including land acquisition, market research, project feasibility, master-planning, product design development, marketing strategy and sales launch services.  Currently, Jeanhy is President of Housing Lab Toronto – an independent housing market research firm, and Partner in PMA360 – a full-service development advisory practice.

Jeanhy is also  the  Founder and  CEO  of  Crosswalk  Communities  –  a  not-for-profit  affordablehousing development  company  using  an  innovative new  business  model  to  build  affordable rental apartments for lower income Canadians, including essential workers, newcomers, single parent families, adults with disabilities, youth and seniors. 

In her community, Jeanhy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Waterfront Toronto, andpreviously  served  on  the  Board  of  Directors  of  Woodgreen  Community  Services  and co-founded  the  Diversity,  Equity  &  Inclusion  Committee at  the  Urban  Land  Institute Toronto chapter. 

On a personal note, Jeanhy grew up in north Toronto’s Rexdale neighbourhood, but left home to earn an undergraduate degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and a  Master’sdegree from the London School of Economics and Political Science in London, England.