Chapter presidents from Mexico, Dominican Republic and Brazil, and the current president of the Americas, Dean Lapointe, celebrate the election of Calvin Lindberg (centre) in Lisbon

Former CREA president Calvin Lindberg of West Vancouver , B.C. was elected 2012/2013 president of the Americas of the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) at the FIABCI Business Meetings in Lisbon in December. He was also appointed chair of the Residential Division of the newly formed World Council of Brokers.  In addition, incoming world president Judy Shenefield has appointed Lindberg as a FIABCI representative at the United Nations in New York City. In May, following the next World Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Lindberg will serve on the international directorate.

Lindberg assumed the 2011/2012 presidency of the Canadian Chapter of FIABCI last October. He is a past president of the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board, a former director of the British Columbia Real Estate Association and a founding director of Realtor Link.