DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON
The American Land Title Association, the national trade association representing members of the title insurance industry, said that Christopher Abbinante has been named president for the 2011-2012 year.
The 11-member ALTA board of governors is responsible for creating association policy, managing the financial health of the association and ensuring the overall welfare of the association.
Abbinante, formerly the president of Eastern operations for Fidelity National Title Group Inc., has been involved in the title industry for over 35 years.
In addition to Abbinante, members of ALTA's 2011-2012 board of governors are John Hollenbeck, senior executive and vice president, First American Title Insurance Co., Santa Ana, Calif.; Herschel Beard, owner, Marshall County Abstract Co., Madill, Okla.; Frank Pellegrini, chief executive officer, Prairie Title Inc., Oak Park, Ill.; Rob Chapman, senior vice president and chief information officer, Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., Minneapolis; Diane Evans, senior vice president, Land Title Insurance Corp., Denver; William Burding, executive vice president, Orange Coast Title Family of Companies, Santa Ana; Daniel Mennenoh, president, H.B. Wilkinson Title Co., Galena, Ill.; Peter Birnbaum, president, Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund Inc., Chicago; Michael Skalka, president, Stewart Title Guaranty Co., Houston; and Anne Anastasi, president, Genesis Abstract, Hatboro, Pa.
