Event Info
For overnight booking reservations, click here for our MLTA Room Block link at Embassy Suites.
Parking Information
Parking validation will be provided at the event for MLTA registrants (Embassy Suites Parking Garage)
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Agenda
Wednesday, March 11
Registration Open
Networking
Welcome Remarks
– Maura A. Snabes, Esq., CES, NTP, MLTA President
Lansing Legislative Update
AI/Deep Fake Fraud Panel
Jeff DeGood, First American Title Insurance Company – Moderator
Panelists:
Andie Romness, Head of National Partnerships, ClosingLock
Perla Aparicio, Partner Account Manager, CertifID
Brooke Sharrard, Vice President – Operations, Proliant
New Year, New MLTA Website
– Crystal Bowyer, Lighthouse Title
MLTA Committee Introductions & MLTA Exhibitor Introductions
Break
MLTA Roundtable Session 1
• Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
– Samuel Shellhaas, SVP, National Underwriting Counsel, WFG National Title
• FIRPTA
– Cindy Immonen NTP, CLTP, Vice President, Sr. Account Manager, FNF Michigan Agency
• Notary Acknowledgements
–Angela Valentine, Business Operations Manager, Mortgage Closings Inc.
• Quiet Title
–Phil Neuman, Couzens Lansky
• Marketing Basics
–Landon Cook- Agency Services Representative, Stewart Title
• FinCEN Q&A
–Lavinia Biasell, Chief Legal Officer, Transnation Title
• Primary Residence Exemptions (PRE)
– Christina Robinson, Capital Title
• Scrivener’s Affidavits 2.0
– Kevin Lounds, Lighthouse Title
• Qualified Agriculture Affidavits 2.0
–Jason Nied, Escrow Officer, Legacy Title
MLTA Committee Meetings
MLTA Networking Reception
Thursday, March 12
Networking Breakfast
TBD
Michigan Economic Update
– Dr. Paul Isely, Associate Dean, Grand Valley State University
Networking Break with Exhibitors
MLTA Round Table II
Networking Lunch
Exhibitor, MLTA and PAC drawings
MLTA Round Table III
Translating Title Requirements into Escrow Action
Andrew Fosdick, Legacy Title
Ashleigh Nelson, Centralized Processing Manager, Proliant Settlement Systems
An Update on the Michigan Land Title Standards
