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| Kim O'Donnell |
CHICAGO, IL –
Proper Title, LLC, the
Palatine, Ill.-based title insurance agency serving the residential and
commercial real estate industries, announced it has promoted two industry
veterans to vice president of business development –
Kim O’Donnell, from
director of commercial business development; and
David Zawadzki, from
senior account executive.
In addition, the firm has promoted Sabrina Bier from
broker development manager to training and development manager.
The new vice presidents will jointly run the firm’s sales department, with
O’Donnell responsible for Chicago and its western suburbs and Zawadzki
overseeing the city’s north and northwest suburbs.
“Kim and Dave are an incredible team and continue to make significant
contributions to Proper Title that help grow our business,” said David
Garside, executive vice president of title and escrow operations at Proper
Title.
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| Sabrina Bier |
“Dave has been with
us since we opened our doors five years ago, and Kim joined shortly thereafter.
Combined, they have more than 40 years of experience in the title industry and
will have an even greater impact at Proper Title as vice presidents.”
Since joining Proper Title in 2015, O’Donnell has been responsible for
residential and commercial new business development throughout the Chicago
metropolitan area.
Under her leadership, Proper Title’s commercial division has
grown 40 percent and can now service construction escrow up to $100 million.
Prior to joining Proper Title, O’Donnell gained 19 years of
title experience in Chicago and had been recognized with a “top 2 percent in
the country” award for new business development and client retention. She is a
graduate of DePaul University.
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| David Zawadski |
With more than 16 years of experience in the title industry, Zawadzki has
become Proper Title’s top-producing sales representative.
He has developed an extensive client base of real estate
developers, investors, attorneys, lenders and brokers.
Prior to joining
Proper Title in 2013, Zawadzki held positions as an account executive at a
title company, a commercial real estate broker and an escrow officer.
Zawadzki has a
bachelor’s degree in finance from Iowa State University’s Ivy College of
Business.
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| David Garside |
In her new role as training and development manager, Sabrina Bier brings
13 years of real estate brokerage experience. She will be focused on broker
training coordination, social media marketing and client relationship
management.
“As an awarding-winning real estate broker, Sabrina is the perfect person
to create a bridge between Chicago-area brokers and Proper Title attorneys,”
said Garside. “In fact, she has already organized extremely successful
networking and training events for brokers and attorneys that quickly sold
out.”
Bier joined Proper Title in 2016 as broker development manager. From 2009
to 2015, Bier was honored annually by the Chicago Association of Realtors as a
top producing real estate broker.
In 2016, she was featured on HGTV’s House Hunters. Bier has
also directed sales and fundraising efforts for the University of Chicago GI
Research Foundation and continues to manage Proper Title’s philanthropic arm,
Proper Giving. She has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Florida Atlantic
University.
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