Deana is a member of the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) and has been awarded the Canadian Residential Appraiser (CRA) designation under Certificate No. 3416.

She was a member of the Investigating Committee of the Appraisal Institute of Canada (member and alternate chair from 2000 to 2008; member from 2009 to 2011) and was co-founding member and Co-Chair of the Forms Review Committee.  Deana is a Director with the Manitoba Association of the AIC.  Deana was invited to be a member of the New Horizons Committee, an AIC focus group that set out ideas for future business opportunities for the membership.

Deana is the author and presenter of the forms review seminar, "Forming an Appraisal",  an ethics seminar "Assessing the Value of Your Ethics" and a case study seminar "Dealing with the Difficult Ones".  Deana is a Certified Lecturer for the Professional Practice Seminar for the Appraisal Institute of Canada.

Deana has been qualified by miscellaneous tribunals as an Appraisal Subject Matter Expert.  

She is an Affiliate Member of the Winnipeg Realtors Association and a past member of the Arbitration and Mediation Association of Manitoba.

Deana has successfully completed the Appraisal Institute of Canada course requirements for the CRA designation as well as the Level 2 Home Inspection Course.  She was a contributing author to the "Ask the Appraiser" column which appeared regularly in the Winnipeg Free Press and has contributed numerous articles to the Canadian Appraiser magazine.  Level 1 of the Arbitration and Mediation Association education program has also been completed. 

Deana was a contributing author to the Residential Appraisal Basics, Continuing Professional Development course for the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia.

Deana has completed residential and recreational property assignments relating to mortgage lending, assessment appeals, insurance, foreclosure, estate planning, bankruptcy, V-day, relocation and divorce. 

Deana has over 23 years of residential real estate appraisal experience specializing in detailed reports for marketing and legal proceedings.