New NAR and AMPI appointments

By John Glaab

Linda Neil of La Paz and Los Cabos, AMPI Sections has been appointed Vice President, International Membership. Linda is in the last year of her two-year term as a Consejero (National Advisory Board) of AMPI. It is the second time around for Linda. She served a two-year term from 2000 to 2002.

Adrian Arriaga who was NAR Ambassador to AMPI and co-author with Linda of the NAR course, “Doing Business in Mexico,” has been appointed a Commissioner of Real Estate for the state of Texas. (There are six Commissioners in the state.)

Local AMPI Chapter

Zaida Cocco de Grayeb is sworn in as President of AMPI Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo.

NAR Changes

Elena Carrillo has replaced Jeffery Hornberger in the International Section of NAR. Jeffrey has been appointed Managing Director, Membership Development, Commercial Real Estate. Below is Elena´s biography: Elena Carrillo, NAR International Strategic Accounts Manager

Elena joined NAR in August 2007 with responsibilities for identifying and developing key business alliances worldwide. She also is the regional staff liaison for Latin American, Spain and Portugal, including the AMPI (Mexico)-NAR alliance. Elena has over 15 years of international and business development experience, most recently as Manager of Brand Development for the Project Management Institute. She has a background in developing business models and marketing plans, global marketing, branding strategies and more. Elena is fluent in Spanish and also has some Portuguese language skills.

About the author: John Glaab has been a member of NARNAR’s International Section for over a decade. He has earned the Certified International Property Specialist designation and is a founding member of AMPI Los Cabos. He spends half the year in La Paz, Baja California Sur and the other half in Uruapan, Michoacan. For further information John.glaab@settlement-co.co