Gordon is the senior and founding partner at Tomiuk Grycko & Associates. He joined the Appraisal Institute of Canada in 1979 and holds the highest designation that the Institute awards appraisers; AACI (Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute). He also holds the P.App designation (Professional Appraiser) and was elected as a Fellow of the Institute by his peers in 2008. Gordon is a member in good standing with the Appraisal Institute of Canada and he has completed all required Continuing Professional Development courses. He also carries the Institute’s Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance.

Gordon has been appraising real estate since 1980 and founded the firm in 1988. He has acted as a mentor to local appraisers including his business partner, Rob Grycko, as well as the firm’s current student, Jennifer Zibresky (currently working toward obtaining her CRA designation).

Gordon served on the Provincial Council of the Manitoba Association of the Appraisal Institute of Canada from 1999 to 2009. In 2001, he was elected Manitoba President. Gordon served as provincial President during 2001/2002.

In 2003, Mr. Tomiuk was elected as the Manitoba Director to the National Board of Directors of the Appraisal Institute of Canada. He served the national body as the Vice President during 2004/2005 and 2005/2006, President-Elect during 2006/2007, President during 2007/2008 and Immediate Past President during 2008/2009.
Gordon has also served on many other local, regional and national committees throughout the last 30 years. Most recently, he served on the Professional Practice Appeals Committee nationally (2008-2017). He also chaired the Land Titles Liaise Committee locally (2005-2017) and was a panel member/hearing chairman on the City of Winnipeg Board of Revision from 2010 -2016.

Mr. Tomiuk has now chosen to step back from Appraisal Institute commitments, to mentor Jennifer and to focus on growing the business.

Robert J. Grycko is the second partner at Tomiuk Grycko & Associates. He was awarded the use of the CRA (Canadian Residential Appraiser) designation in 1990 by the Appraisal Institute of Canada and has been appraising real estate since 1988. In recent years, Rob worked towards completing the requirements in order to achieve the use of the AACI (Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute) designation. In April 2017 he was awarded the AACI, P.App designation and has completed numerous commercial appraisal reports in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Rob is a member in good standing with the Appraisal Institute of Canada and he has completed all required Continuing Professional Development courses. He also carries the Institute’s Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance.

Mr. Grycko has served on a national sub-committee of the Appraisal Institute of Canada’s Marketing and Communications Committee. He has gained knowledge in valuing all types of residential and commercial real estate, with a significant amount of his work experience completed on rural and recreational properties. In addition, Rob has vast experience in new construction appraisals and reports based on the completion of proposed improvements.

Rob’s wife, Virginia Grycko, has also taken on a stronger role at Tomiuk Grycko & Associates in recent years, acting as his appraisal assistant and administrator. Virginia has many years of experience within a real estate appraisal office environment and helps to streamline Rob’s day-to-day work-related activities.

Tomiuk Grycko & Associates currently employs one student who is in the process of working toward her CRA designation.

Our firm believes that training and mentoring is extremely important in the path to designation. We do not believe in hiring multiple students at one time and instead, focus on training 1-2 people.

We have often been praised for the amount of credible information we provide in our reports, and our general knowledge in real estate appraisal/real market values. We choose to instill the same work ethic in our students and ensure that they are fully qualified, knowledgeable and, most importantly, ready to enter the real estate appraisal world, prior to sending them out on their own.

Jennifer Zibresky holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Winnipeg, from which she graduated in 2012. She is enrolled at Sauder School of Business, in the Real Estate Division of the University of British Columbia, and is working toward completing the requirements for becoming a CRA designated appraiser.

Ms. Zibresky has recently completed the Residential Property Guided Case Study and will be applying for candidacy in the near future. Once accepted as a candidate, she will begin the final steps in obtaining her designation.

Jennifer is required to complete a one year mentoring program to obtain experience in real estate appraisal, however, she has been with the firm for many years, acting as administrator, assistant to Mr. Tomiuk, and a student appraiser. This has provided her with a wealth of knowledge and experience already, and will undoubtedly prepare her for future real estate appraisal endeavours.