NELTA’s 48th Annual Convention was held at the Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina on Goat Island in Newport, R.I., June 21 - 24, 2018. Below are photos from the event.
Cathy Jones, executive director of NELTA keeps things running smoothly.
Diane Monahan of Stewart Title Guaranty gets a surprise
hug from Melanie Kido of CATIC.
Shown (from left) are: Martha and Rich Hogan of CATIC with Rob
and Nancy Sylvester of Old Republic National Title Insurance
Shown (from left) are: Tom Flynn of Chicago and Commonwealth
Title Insurance and Phil Fanning of Fidelity National Title.
Shown (from left) are: Incoming 2018-2019 NELTA president, Beth Young
of Westcor Land Title Insurance and Cathy Jones, executive director of NELTA.
Jessica Ripley of eRecording Events, parent company of
Corporation Service Company (CSC) at her booth.
Exhibitor Brian Kilfoyle of Simplifile is ready for business.
Incoming NELTA president, Beth Young thanks speaker Jon Anderson
of ALTA for his comments as the first speaker in the program.
Shown are: William Burding Jr. of ALTA and Orange Coast Title
Company, who spoke about “Strategic Priorities to Advance the Title Industry,”
with Beth Young, convention chair and incoming NELTA president.
Shown (from left) are: Peter Apter of ETS and
Steven Edelstein of Cross Country Mortgage.
Shown (from left) are NELTA Officers & Directors for 2018-2019:
Jim Bodurtha; Lisa Vesperman; Laura Wild; Rich Meehan; Barbara Smith;
Diane Monahan; Shelly Rainen; Rich Hogan; Beth Young; Larry Heffernan,
Rob Sylvester and Steve Edelstein
Shown (from left) are: Outgoing NELTA president Jim Bodurtha of Chicago
Title Insurance; Phil Fanning of Fidelity National Title Insurance;
Laura Wild of First American Title Insurance; and Dave
Buczkowski of Chicago Title Insurance.
Outgoing NELTA president Jim Bodurtha receives a ceremonial
gavel from incoming NELTA president Beth Young.
Shown are: Ted Jones, chief economist of Stewart Title Guaranty,
who addressed the “2018 Real Estate and Economic Outlook” with Beth Young.
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