LTAA - Key Persons
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- Chairman
- Public Relations / Liaison Committee
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- Member of the Nominating Committee
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- Co - Chair of the Legislative Committee
Danny served as President of the Land Title Association of Arizona in 2006, and holds the designation of "Arizona Land Title Professional". In 2020, LTAA awarded Danny "Honorary Life Member". Danny retired in 2020 from Yavapai Title Agency in Prescott, where he spent the last 6 years of his career. Prior to that, he lived and worked in the Phoenix metro market. His involvement in LTAA has continued since his retirement.
Job Titles:
- Member of the LTAA Officers Team
- President
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- Chairman of the Membership Committee
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- Member of the LTAA Officers Team
- Vice President
- Business Development Officer / Premier Title Agency
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- Member of the LTAA Officers Team
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- AZ State Counsel
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- Chairman of the Educational Committee
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- Chairman of the Nominating Committee
- Member of the State Bar of Arizona
Mr. Lotardo, an active member of the State Bar of Arizona, is a frequent speaker, instructor, retained expert and guest commentator for numerous Escrow, Banking, Realtor® & Title Associations such as ALTA, AEA, ASEA, NEA, AAR, SAR, AMLA, AMBA, among many others. Being past-President of both the Land Title Association of Arizona and the Arizona Trustee Association, he has been a member of many real estate organizations, settlement groups, bankruptcy, lending, foreclosure, legislative, judiciary and corporate organizations locally and nationally. He is a 2016 inaugural recipient of the Arizona Land Title Professional designation and regularly a member on the Arizona Association of Realtors' Residential & Commercial Contract Workgroups and the Education Advisory Committee for the Department of Real Estate. He is recognized with the Excellence in Underwriting and IMD Hero monikers and a National Title Professional by the ALTA.
A 40-year plus veteran in the escrow industry, Leslie Banes is a Certified Senior Escrow Officer, Certified Escrow Instructor, Senior American Settlement Industry Professional and Land Title Professional Designation and currently serves as Senior Escrow Advisory for Stewart Title. In 2021, Leslie was honored to be the first recipient of the Leadership Award from American escrow Association.
Well known for her dedication to the industry, Ms. Banes has been actively involved in industry associations at both the national and state level. She is a past first vice president, second vice president and treasurer for the American Escrow Association and currently serves on the Closing Instructions Development Workgroup, Remote Online Notary Workgroup and Title Insurance Section Workgroup for MISMO (Mortgage Industry Standards Organization). She is an active member of the Arizona State Escrow Association's education and industry liaison committees chaired the committee that produced the ASEA Escrow II book and the 2016 AEA Annual Conference. Often called upon to present classes to fellow escrow officers, lenders and realtors, Ms. Banes has also chaired the Industry Partners Conference and planned the educational sessions for five ASEA annual escrow conferences and the 2014 AEA annual conference. Ms. Banes has three children and two grandchildren and lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband Phil. An Arizona native, she graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. She can be contacted at 602-621-3542 or leslie.banes@stewart.com.
Roy V. Poll is Vice President at Westcor Land Title Insurance Company. He manages the Southwest Region and National Major Accounts.
Roy obtained a B.S. in Economics from Weber State University (1996), and a Master of Business Administration and Law Degree from Texas Tech University (1999). During law school, Roy worked for Stewart Title Company, was an Intern for Chief Judge Stanton M. Taylor of the Utah Second District Court, and a law clerk for Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP. After graduating, Roy moved to Houston, Texas and worked as a tax consultant for Arthur Anderson, LLP. He returned to the title industry in 2000 as underwriting and claims counsel for Attorneys Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. where he worked on several large title agent defalcations. Roy later became a principal in the law firm Griffiths, Turner, & Poll and the title agency GT Title Services. Prior to joining Westcor in 2021, Roy held numerous positions with National Title insurance companies including: Western Division Agency Development for Old Republic National Title; Executive Vice President of Western National Title Insurance Company; Agency Manager, Senior Underwriting Counsel, and Sales Manager for the Southwest Region Agency Services group of First American Title; and Western Region Agency Manager, and Regional Underwriting Counsel for Fidelity National Title Insurance Company where he served as the Company's agency manager for twelve western states.
Roy is actively involved in title industry organizations. He has served on the Executive Board of the Utah Land Title Association and as PAC Chairman; the LTAA Legislative Committee, the Executive Board and was President 2018-2019; the ALTA Best Practices Task Force, Government Affairs, SLRAC, and Education Committees. Roy is also a member of the Texas and Utah State Bar.
Job Titles:
- Agency Sales Manager for Stewart Title Guaranty
Shaunna Terry serves as the Agency Sales Manager for Stewart Title Guaranty, responsible for the Arizona and Nevada markets. In this role, she oversees the independent title agent network of Trusted Providers, and all products and services offered to the Stewart Agency network.
Shaunna has been with Stewart since 2018, where she first joined in Austin, Texas as the Sales Manager for their Direct Operations, before relocating to Phoenix, AZ in 2022.
Prior to her role(s) with Stewart Title, Shaunna worked for over 26 years in the Real Estate industry, serving in all capacities from Realtor, Broker/Owner of a national franchise to V.P. of a large Brokerage serving Austin and San Antonio markets. Using knowledge gained in real estate, combined with experience in business development, Shaunna serves her agents as a reliable source when it comes to navigating the changing waters of the title industry.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Legislative Committee
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair of the Legislative Committee
Vicky Castillo is the Arizona State Underwriter for Old Republic Title Insurance Company where she is dedicated to providing timely, solution-oriented guidance and assistance to our valued agents. She began her career in the Title Industry as a night poster at Transamerica Title while attending Arizona State University. Over the course of her career, she has held numerous positions including, Chief Title Officer, State Chief Title Officer, Agency Underwriter, Title Operations Manager, Back Office Escrow Manager and Title Operations Consolidation specialist.
Vicky is a Past President of the Land Title Association of Arizona and a member of the Arizona Escrow Association and the Arizona Trustees Association. She has served as Chair and Co-Chair for the Education Committee for the Land Title Association of Arizona more than once and is passionate about training and growing our future successors.