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| Legislative and Research Workshop for NAR Bilateral Partners May 12-15, 2003 Washington, DC Biographies and contact information for participants and program moderators are listed below, along with contact information for the U.S. presenters. Presentations from the Workshop are also available below. Photos | Presentations and LinksArgentina Ismael Baigun and Raquel Baigun, CIPS Baigun Operaciones Inmobiliarias Av. Santa Fe 2125 Buenos Aires 1123 Argentina Tel. +54-114-821-1100 Fax +54-114-821-5081 Email: baigun@som.com.ar Website: www.baigun.com.ar Ismael and Raquel Baigun founded Baigun Operaciones Inmobiliarias in 1958. They have more than 40 years of experience in residential sales, rentals, and developments. The company caters to national and multinational companies and first rate banks. Mrs. Baigun is a CIPS designee and is training to teach courses. Mr. Baigun is an active member on the Board of Directors of the Argentina Chamber of Horizontal Properties and Real Estate Activities (CAP-H), a prominent real estate association in Argentina. Brazil Claudio Bernardes Dean SECOVI University Rua Doutor Bacelar, 1043 04026-002 São Paulo - SP Brazil Tel. +55-11-5591-1300 Fax +55-11-5591-1301 Email: ltemple@secovi.com.br Claudio Bernardes is the Associated Dean of SECOVI University and a member of the SECOVI Board of Trustees. He is a real estate developer and Vice President of Ingaí Incorporadora Company. He holds Masters Degrees in Engineering from the University of Sheffield (UK) and also holds a Masters degree in Production Engineering from the University of São Paulo. He is a member of the board on several real estate commissions, groups and associations including the Urban Land Institute (ULI). SECOVI University runs comprehensive education courses in various areas of real estate with an emphasis on property management and brokerage. Romeu Chap Chap President SECOVI Rua Doutor Bacelar, 1043 04026-002 São Paulo - SP Brazil Tel. +55-11-5591-1300 Fax +55-11-5591-1301 Email: ltemple@secovi.com.br Romeu Chap Chap is the President of SECOVI (1981-1987 and 2000-2003), the largest real estate association in South America. He is a Civil Engineer and graduated in 1959 from MacKenzie University. He is a developer and President of Construtora Romeu Chap Chap SA, a 42-year established prominent company dedicated to building class “A” apartments, condominiums, office buildings and shopping centers. He is the Vice President of the Brazilian Chamber of Construction and Industry. He is the author of a book titled Contribution for a Housing Policy and is the recipient of many awards and honors including being identified as one of Brazil’s top real estate leaders (by Gazeta Mercantil Group), personality of the year by IBSTH Top-S Magazine and honorable recognitions by the São Paulo City Council, Brazil’s Sales and Marketing Association and the National Summit of Property Managers. His additional leadership in Brazilian real estate includes past Dean of SECOVI University, member of SECOVI’s board, past Deputy world president of FIABCI for the Americas and Vice President of the Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers from 1992 to 1997. Laerte Temple, CIPS Managing Director SECOVI Rua Doutor Bacelar, 1043 04026-002 São Paulo – SP Brazil Tel. +55-11-5591-1300 Fax +55-11-5591-1301 Email: ltemple@secovi.com.br Laerte Temple is the Managing Director of SECOVI and has worked there for over 27 years. Mr. Temple holds Masters degrees in Business Management and Law, and is a PhD applicant in Social Sciences. For more than 50 years, SECOVI has been dedicated to the development and improvement of real estate activities and represents the Sales, Purchasing, Rental and Administration of Residential and Commercial Real Estate Companies of São Paulo. SECOVI’s membership includes about 10,000 companies in the real estate market and more than 30 thousand residential, commercial and mixed condominiums. SECOVI’s professional staff of 300 dedicates itself to Development, Urban Legislation, Financial System, Rentals, Property Management, Marketing, Urban Development and Shopping Malls. The association’s departments include Economy and Statistics, Legal, Events, Press, Library and other areas of administrative support. The SECOVI Building is a 120,000 square-foot construction with 3 parking lot stores, one convention center and several meeting and training rooms. Costa Rica Ivette Loaiza Norton Member CCCBR Calle 2, Avenida 5 y 8 Heredia Costa Rica Tel. +506-262-2539, +506-237-0165 Cell +506-839-1296 Email: iloaiza2001@yahoo.com Website: www.ilcostarricanproperties.com Ivette Loaiza, a native of Costa Rica, began IL Costarrican properties three years ago. Ms. Loaiza is an active member of the Costa Rican Chamber of Realtors®, a licensed real estate practitioner in the State of Florida, a member of the National Association of Realtors® and a member of the Association FeCePac. Ms. Loaiza's vision for IL Costarrican is to provide an integrated structure for professional real estate sales, leasing and property management services, for residential and commercial properties anywhere in Costa Rica and USA. Her commitment is to offer properties of the highest quality and investment value to Costa Ricans and foreign investors. Through a joint venture with Ocean View Int'l Realty, IL Costarrican maintains offices in Heredia (Costa Rica) and Miami, FL. Since its inception, IL Costarrican has established itself as an influential presence in the growth and development of Costa Rica's real estate market. Andres Montejo M. Attorney / Notary The Guanacaste Association of Realtors® (GAR) Playas Del Coco, Gte, 5019 Guanacaste Costa Rica Tel. +506-670-0472 Email: amontejo@abogados.co.cr Andres Montejo is a Graduate of University of Costa Rica Law School and specialized studies at Tulane University in Louisiana. He serves as a Full Property Law Professor at the Law School of University of Costa Rica and Director of Property Law Professors (Director Catedra de Derechos Reales). He is a Member of the Board of Directors of I.N.V.U. (National Institute for Housing and Urban Development), appointed by Miguel Angel Rodriguez, President of Costa Rica. Mr. Montejo is also President of the National Consumer’s Commission (Administrative Tribunal for Consumer Disputes) and prior Legal Advisor of the Board of Directors for I.F.A.M. (Institute for the Promotion and Advancement of all Costa Rica Municipalities through Board Advisement and Consultation). He is Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Costa Rican Development Corporation, San Jose. Prior to his current positions, Mr. Montejo was Attorney and Notary for Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal from 1992-1998. He served as External Notary and Attorney of I.N.V.U. from 1996-2001 and External Attorney for the Municipality Desamparados from 1997-2000. He also was Attorney/Notary and Legal Advisor for the Biologists Board (Collegio de Biologos de Costa Rica) from 1990-99. Mr. Montejo served as President of the Costa Rican Space Association from 1989-90, and Vice President from 1988-1989. He is a Member of The Inter-American Air and Space Law Experts Commission and served as 2nd Vice President of the Space Law Commission of the second American Space Conference held in Santiago, Chile in April 1993. Mr. Montejo has served since 1995 as member of the Air and Space Investigation Center of the Republic of Uruguay. Mr. Montejo will be accompanied by his wife, Ms. Hilda Montejo. El Salvador Marida Alfaro President El Salvador Chamber of Real Estate (CSBR) Av. Antiguo Cuscatlán, E 6-8, Col. LaSultana Antiguo Cuscatlán El Salvador Tel. +503-243-5698 Fax +503-243-5685 Cell +503-885-4147 Email: malfaro@concepto-sv.com Website: www.concepto-sv.com Marida Alfaro comes from a background of 16 years as Vice President of a large design and construction company in El Salvador, which led in 1995 to the start of Concepto y Desarrollo, where she started a beach development project, Casa Marina, which provided her first insight into the real estate world. In 2001, Mrs. Alfaro left the design and construction company to focus entirely on the family business and to redirect its main focus towards the real estate business. Her company specializes in recreational properties, land for development and commercial properties, and provides related professional consulting services. She then met a dynamic group of professionals striving towards excellence in the real estate profession and decided to join the association and contribute her skills where needed. Her first association experience included the organization of the 2002 FECEPAC Real Estate Congress held in El Salvador, the Vice Presidency of the association in 2002 and the creation of a new international committee. Within the association she wants to boost international relations and business opportunities for all its members through a stronger association. Guatemala Carlos E. Corado Lanza First Vice President UNIAPRAVI Director, Primer Banco de Ahorro y Préstamo para la Vivienda Familiar S.A. Guatemala City Guatemala Email: ccorado@aicsa.guate.net Carlos Corado is First Vice President of UNIAPRAVI, the Inter-American Housing Union for Latin America. Headquartered in Lima, Peru and with members in nearly every Latin America country, its members include banking professionals involved in Latin American Housing Finance. Mr. Corado is the past President of the Guatemala Chamber of Construction and is the co-founder of Vivibanco, a Guatemalan Savings and Loan Bank and is the Vice President of AICSA Corporation. He is the co-owner of housing developments and is involved in the entire chain of real estate including architecture, construction, banking, sales/brokerage, and general contractor. Mr. Corado will be accompanied by his wife, Ms. Brenda Corado. India Sandesh Savant Council Director India Institute of Real Estate (IIRE) Orchard Building, Suite 400, Dr. Pai Marg Baner, Pune 411 045 India Tel. +20-729-0891/729-0427 Fax. +20-729-0428 Email: ssavant@indiaproperties.com Sandesh Savant is Council Director for the India Institute of Real Estate. A graduate from IIT Madras, with a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, Mr. Savant also has an MS from University of South Carolina. A process and design engineer with Mobil Oil Corporation at their Beaumont refinery, from 1980, he widened his perspective by becoming a part of their Economics and Planning Department as an analyst, in 1985. He then moved to their new Distributed Control Systems project, to implement MIS and Advanced Control Systems at the refinery, where he was exposed to state-of-the-art technology. In 1989, he was assigned to Mobil International in Saudi Arabia, to set up and implement Advanced Controls at their joint venture refinery in Yanbu. Mr. Savant’s span of influence extended to managing and administrating highly technical professionals. In 1995, he was re-assigned to Beaumont’s Mobil plant, as a Process Applications Co-ordinate. Convinced that India was firmly on the path of liberalization, he returned in 1997, determined to put to use his experience and expertise in an emerging market. Mr. Savant brings his objective and systematic approach to the complex real estate industry. He is on the Board of Directors of Indiaproperties, actively involved in the development of systems and also heads the Research and Advisory Department. Jamaica Nella Ponce, President of the Peruvian Association of Real Estate Agents (AI-CAPECO), has 18 years in the activity of Real Estate. She is the previous owner of a clothes manufacturing company and a film distribution company. Ms. Ponce is a founding member of the association, which unifies professional and ethical real estate agents. During her term, the association has presented a law to the Peruvian Congress that would regulate real estate agents and require them to have licenses. She is General Manager of her company, which works with international organizations, national and foreign banks, and with the housing programs of the Peruvian government. Igor M. Gorsky President Russian Guild of REALTORS® (RGR) 37, 9-ya Parkovaya Str. Moscow 107014 Russia Tel. +7-095-231-4996 Fax +7-095-965-3779 Email: coordinator@rgr.ru Igor Gorsky is President of the Russian Guild of Realtors® (RGR), based in Moscow. Mr. Gorsky is one of the four founders of RGR. He has been a Vice President and Member of the National Council since it was founded and has participated in all of RGR’s Congresses. Mr. Gorsky has also been awarded an honorary membership to RGR and is a member of FIABCI-Russia. In addition to RGR, Mr. Gorsky also founded the Moscow Housing Investment and Trade Center in 1991 and has been its permanent General Director since its foundation. His professional real estate specialties include development, brokerage, property management and consulting. Mr. Gorsky received his diploma in Engineering from the Bauman Moscow Higher Technical College in 1974. He has received awards for the Order of the 850th anniversary of Moscow and the Order of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Fleet. Mr. Gorsky is married with two children and two grandchildren. In his spare time, he enjoys football, traveling and philately. Mr. Gorsky will be accompanied by his colleague Ms. Marina Strelnikova. Marina Strelnikova Ms. Strelnikova is Project Manager for the Russian Guild of Realtors®, based in Moscow. In addition to her RGR responsibilities, Ms. Strelnikova also provides services to the International Real Property Foundation (IRPF) and the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Network in Russia. Ukraine Oleksandr [Alexander] O. Bondarenko President Ukrainian REALTORS® Association (URA) 7, Ostapa Vishni 01103 Kiev Ukraine Tel +38-044-254-00-93 Email: info@asnu.net, art@mart.ck.ua Alexander Bondarenko is President of the Ukrainian Realtors’ Association (URA), located in Kiev. Before assuming the role of president, he was active as a member of the Council of URA (1996–2002) and also served as the chief of the Kiev branch of URA (1996–2000). He has worked in real estate since 1991 and is a partner in a US real estate agency. Mr. Bondarenko graduated from the T. Shevchenko University (Kiev State University) in 1980 with a Doctorate of Philology. In 1989, he defended the Diploma of the Candidate of Philological Sciences. He provides instruction to students at the Institute of Philology at Kiev National University. Mr. Bondarenko resides in Kiev with his wife and daughter, and enjoys literature, theatre and classical music. Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Ukraine 3350 M St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 USA Tel. 1-202-349-2924 Email: vyat@ukremb.com Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi is the Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister-Counselor at the Ukraine Embassy in Washington, D.C. He has served in this position since March of 2001. Prior to this post he was the Counselor to the Ukraine Embassy in Rome, Italy, and has also served at the Ukraine Embassy in Poland. Mr. Yatsenkivskyi has served in a number of positions with the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including in the Information Department as Spokesperson of the Ministry and Acting Director General, Chief of the Press Centre and, most recently, Deputy Director General, Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. A native of Kiev, Mr. Yatsenkivskyi is a graduate of T. Shevchenko State University in Philological. Upon graduation he served as a Dean for Kiev’s Politechnical Institute and taught Russian and Ukraine language to foreign students. He also is a former teacher at the Geological Institute in Boke, Republic of Guinea. In addition to Ukrainian, Mr. Yatsenkivskyi speaks English, Polish, Italian, French and Russian.
Teresa King Kinney, CAE, CIPS, GRI, LTG, RCE Steve Cook Vice President, Public Affairs National Association of REALTORS® 700 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 USA Tel. 1-202-383-1014 Email: scook@realtors.org Jeanne Delgado Manager, Business Issues, Regulatory & Industry Relations National Association of REALTORS® 700 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 USA Tel. 1-202-383-1079 Email: jdelgado@realtors.org Mario Diaz-Balart United States Congressman, representing the 25th District of Florida 313 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 USA Tel. 1-202-225-2778 Fax 1-202-226-0346 Heidi Henning Manager, International Education & Membership, International Operations National Association of REALTORS® 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA Tel. 1-312-329-8376 Email: hhenning@realtors.org Belton Jennings, CIPS Chief Executive Officer Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association 1330 W. Lee Road PO Box 609400 Orlando Florida 32810 USA Tel. 1-407-422-6879 Email: ceo@orlrealtor.com Judith Lindenau, CIPS Executive Officer Traverse Area Association of REALTORS® 852 S. Garfield Avenue Traverse City, Michigan 49696 USA Tel. 1-231-947-2050 Email: Judith@taar.com Miriam Lowe Vice President, International Operations / Secretariat, ICREA National Association of REALTORS® 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA Tel. 1-312-329-8365 Email: mlowe@realtors.org Forrest Metz Investment Research Analyst Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 1100 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20527 USA Tel. 1-202-336-8400 Fax 1-202-408-9859 Email: Fmetz@opic.gov Iverson Moore Senior Public Affairs Associate, Public Affairs Group National Association of REALTORS® 700 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 USA Tel. 1-202-383-1290 Email: imoore@realtors.org Jon Prince Senior Managing Director, Dealer and Investor Relations Freddie Mac Email: jon_prince@freddiemac.com Soula Proxenos Managing Director, International Housing Finance Services Fannie Mae Corporate Headquarters 3900 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-2892 Tel. 1-202-752-7000 Email: soula_proxenos@fanniemae.com John Sebree Senior Legislative Representative, Government Affairs Group National Association of REALTORS® 700 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 USA Tel. 1-202-383-7559 Email: jsebree@realtors.org Kevin Thorpe Manager, Existing Homes Sales, Research Group National Association of REALTORS® 700 11th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 USA Tel. 1-202-383-1081 Email: kthorpe@realtors.org Carol Weinrich Managing Director, International Operations / Secretariat, ICREA National Association of REALTORS® 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60611 USA Tel. 1-312-329-8820 Email: cweinrich@realtors.org
Association Executives “Partners in Progress" (905K PPT File) Association Staff Presentation (83K PPT file) News Without Borders - International Media (12.1M PPT file) Presentation on the International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA) (1.21M PPT file) Research Statistics & their Role in the National Association of REALTORS® (1.5MB PPT file) OPIC Housing Overview (349KB PPT file) Public Affairs Update NAR Home Sales Statistics (216KB PDF file) Inform your local market that you attended the 2003 REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo. The attached “fill-in-the-blanks” news release is designed to help you gain publicity in your local paper for your participation. A Washington, DC Spanish-language newspaper, El Tiempo Latino, recently published an article on CSBR/El Salvador's participation in the Legislative and Research Workshop for NAR Bilateral Partners. Link to the article.ont> View a press release and photos pubished by Bolsa, Central America's regional MLS (in Spanish)ont> See Highlights from 2003 REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo >>ont> Fannie Mae's International Housing Finance Services: Symposium Events For questions regarding the Legislative and Research Workshop for NAR Bilateral Partners, contact Jeff Hornberger. |
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