Canadian Crane Rental Association names 2026-2027 Board of Directors

Canadian Crane Rental Association 2026-27 Board of Directors. From left, Jim Littlemore, Sterling Crane; Paul Walchuk, Kova-IIA; Ryan Beers, Cutting Edge Crane Services; Mark Hooper, Manitowoc; Claire Bélanger-Parker, CCRA Executive Director; Michael Lavoie, Myshak Crane & Rigging; Ryan Long, A.W. Leil Crane & Equipment; Guillaume Gagnon, Guay; Pascal Francoeur, Grues JM Francoeur; Victor Murty, Irving Equipment; Patrick Campbell, Richard Steel. Not pictured: Daren Trépanier, CC Blocking Systems

Michael Lavoie, operations manager at Myshak Crane & Rigging, takes over as Chair.

Guillaume Gagnon, executive vice president of Guay, serves as Vice-Chair, and John Woulfe, vice president of business development Canada at Barnhart Crane & Rigging, steps in as Secretary-Treasurer. Ryan Long, president of A.W. Leil Cranes & Equipment, moves to Past Chair.

Three new members join the board: Ryan Beers, president of cutting ddge crane services, Kamloops; Brian Campbell, president of Richard Steel; and Daren Trépanier, director of sales & business development at CC Blocking System.

They join continuing directors Jeremy Asher, Mammoet Canada; Pascal Francoeur, Grues JM Francoeur; Mark Hooper, Manitowoc; Victor Murty, Irving Equipment; Jim Littlemore, Sterling Crane; Paul Walchuk, Kova Engineering, part of Industrial Inspection & Analysis Engineering; and John Woulfe, Barnhart Crane & Rigging.

Departing the board are Steve Anema, vice president of TNT Crane and Rigging Canada, and Justin Andrews, regional business manager at Tadano Pan America Operations.