FIABCI-USA Member Named NAR Liaison to Panama

FIABCI-USA member Carla Rayman of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate was named President’s Liaison to Panama by the National Association of REALTORS® . President’s Liaisons play a dynamic role in maintaining NAR’s partnerships with 80 national real estate associations in 59 countries. She also serves on NAR’s Global Alliances Advisory Group.

 

Rayman’s responsibilities as President’s Liaison will include hosting delegations from Panama’s real estate association, ACOBIR, who visit the U.S.A. She will also attend the conventions and meetings in Panama and be responsible for organizing trade missions and visits between real estate professionals from both countries.

 

She will focus on further developing relationships between both Associations as a strong foundation for networking between the Associations and their members.Carla has been involved with marketing, sales programs, and doing presentations in Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Dubai, Panama, and Spain, promoting investment in Florida real estate. Carla recently returned from speaking and exhibiting at FIABCI-Brazil’s Real Estate Week.

FIABCI-USA Member Takes on Leadership Role

FIABCI-USA member Jim Kinney, CRB, CRS, GRI of Chicago has been installed as the 2013 Treasurer of the Illinois Association of REALTORS®. He is Vice President of Luxury Home Sales for Baird & Warner in Chicago. With a real estate career that spans more than 30 years, Kinney has a history of service and involvement including being named REALTOR® of the Year by the Chicago Association of REALTORS® in 2002 and Illinois REALTOR® of the Year by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® (IAR) in 2004.

 
An advocate for education, Kinney is a former dean of the IAR REALTOR® Institute and a past president of the Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF). In 2003, REEF established a scholarship in Kinney’s name in recognition of his distinguished service to the foundation.

 
At the national level, Kinney has served on the NAR Executive Committee, Board of Directors, the Institute Advisory Committee, International Operations Committee and is a past NAR Presidential Liaison to Ireland. A graduate of Northwestern University, Kinney is President Emeritus of the Advisory Council of the Illinois Eye Bank and is a former volunteer leader with the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and the Bright Promises Foundation.

 
Congratulations Jim!

Transformational Leadership

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