JUNE 1 – 3, 2022 | ORLANDO, FL

Ask the Experts

Friday, June 3 @ 10:00 a.m. ET
International Ballroom

Back for 2022! Rather than making NS3 a 6-day conference to cover all the critical topics industry professionals are facing today, we’re setting aside some time for you to get your questions answered by an Expert in the field.

This is your opportunity to pick the brains of industry leaders. Go one-on-one with icons in an intimate round table setting. Discussions will range from compliance to business to technology and more. Everything critical to your business today.

Each expert will have a designated table on Friday morning. Attendees can work the room at their own pace and with the experts on topics instrumental to your business responsibilities including…

ALTA Forms

Steve Gold
Product Director, American Land Title Association

Artificial Intelligence

Annette Cotton
Vice President, Data & Client Solutions, DataTrace

Cybersecurity

	Ryan Cabrita Information Security Officer, Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC
	Chris Gulotta Founder, Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC and Real Estate Data Shield, Inc.

Notary Scheduling and Management

Peter Martinez-Fonts
Director, Customer Success, Snapdocs

Escrow / Good Funds

Donna Inman
President, American Escrow Association

Hiring and Training

	Andrea Alessandro Director of Industry Relations and Education, CATIC
	Perla Aparicio Industry Relations Manager, Paymints.io

Marketing

Becky Tassell
Chief Marketing Officer, PropLogix

Mergers & Acquisitions

Marcus Hunt
Founder and Partner, Title Success Solutions

Sales

Shelly Mannebach
AVP Florida Business Development, Investors Title Insurance Co.

Steve Gold

Product Director
American Land Title Association

Annette Cotton

Vice President, Data & Client Solutions
First American / DataTrace

With more than thirty years of industry experience, Annette Cotton possesses expert knowledge of real estate data and has extensively managed all asset types including title plant data, real property data, property tax and assessment, and data analytics.

Beginning with TRW Information Services, Ms. Cotton built her career by following her unrelenting passion for superior data content and quality. She earned her leadership status by the knowledge gained from working in every role that supports data manufacturing including source acquisition, data extraction, research, quality and delivery. Through various acquisitions, Ms. Cotton took on larger roles and eventually served as VP, Data Operations for First American Real Estate Solutions, which later became CoreLogic. Along with overseeing a significant domestic data organization, Ms. Cotton managed client fulfillment, captive offshore production, and vendor oversight. Since 2014, Ms. Cotton leads both the data and client services organization, and has contributed to building the market leading suite of data assets serving the financial services market segment at DataTrace. Along with data, Ms. Cotton is also passionate about supporting women by sponsoring leadership events to promote networking, mentoring and career development.

Ryan Cabrita

Information Security Officer
Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC

Chris Gulotta

Founder
Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC and Real Estate Data Shield, Inc.

Christopher Gulotta is a founding partner of The Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC and Real Estate Data Shield, Inc. (REDS) and was one of the very first to speak to our industry on the importance of cybersecurity compliance. He possesses a unique combination of sophistication in real estate transactional processes, regulator expectations and data security compliance obstacles and solutions.

Mr. Gulotta is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), having successfully completed the International Association of Privacy Professional’s course and certification examination. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor at the Fordham University Real Estate Institute, where he teaches courses in commercial real estate law and practice.

Mr. Gulotta is a graduate of Fordham Law School. He has served as a continuing legal education faculty member at Fordham Law School, Pace Law School, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State Bar Association. He has been a featured columnist for and interviewed for articles in: The New York Law Journal, The National Law Journal, The Title Report; The Legal Description; Valuation Review, TitleNews etc., on topics including: Service Provider Compliance; Lender Oversight; Information Security Compliance for real estate professionals; Privacy Law; title escrow funds; RESPA reform; new media and Internet law.

The Gulotta Grabiner Law Group, PLLC, covers all of NYS and focuses on both:

(i) Transactional Real Estate: representing buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate; and
(ii) Mortgage Finance: representing mortgage lenders in such transactions. His firm has proudly served as a preferred vendor to some of the leading institutional lenders.

He is a member of ALTA’s Best Practices Task Force, working with industry leaders to develop timely and prospective regulatory solutions for title and settlement agents as a member of both “Lender” and “Settlement Agent” workgroups.

REDS, named ALTA’s Inaugural Best Practices Elite Provider, is the first industry-specific company to provide real estate professionals with security compliance tools through its Compliance Management Platform. Its clients include national title underwriters, title agents, settlement agent, law firms, realtors, notary networks, etc.

Peter Martinez-Fonts

Director, Customer Success
Snapdocs

Peter Martinez-Fonts is a Senior Manager on the Customer Success team at Snapdocs, where he is responsible for ensuring that all customers get the most value out of the Snapdocs product and ecosystem. Prior to Snapdocs, he spent ten years at CEB as a consultant and executive advisor working with CFOs, procurement leaders, and supply chain executives at the world’s largest companies to identify and implement the most impactful management strategies. Peter holds a bachelor’s in political science from Wake Forest University and a master’s in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Donna Inman

President
American Escrow Association

Donna has been in escrow since 1976 – she was 2 years old at the time.

In those few years she has been an escrow officer, a title company county manager, an auditor, a compliance officer, an instructor and various other related positions.

A native of California, she has lived in Colorado and Hawaii.

She was instrumental in the formation of CACC, Inc. and two of its chapters – Northern Colorado and Ski Country. She holds the Professional Designations of Certified Real Estate Closer (1981) and Certified Senior Real Estate Closer (1992) from CACC, Inc.

She is a past President of the Colorado Association of Certified Closers, Inc. (1993/1994) and a member of its Hall of Fame (1996).

Donna was the 2013 President of the California Escrow Association. She holds a Certified Senior Escrow Officer (1998) and a Certified Escrow Instructor (1999) credential from CEA.

In 2018 she was awarded the Earl G. Barrett Memorial Award by the American Escrow Association. The Earl G. Barrett Memorial Award is given in honor of commitment to the escrow/settlement industry at local, state and national levels.

She is currently the American Escrow Association President. She previously served as the President-Elect and Government Affairs Committee Chair, First Vice President and Bylaws Committee Chair, Second Vice President and Conference Committee Chair, Third Vice President and Membership Committee Chair, the AEA Education Committee Chair and the CEA Director to AEA. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away she served on the AEA Board; serving one term as the Treasurer (1995/1996) and two terms as the Secretary (1996/1997 and 1998/1999). Donna holds the AEA Senior American Settlement Industry Professional designation (2014).

For fun, Donna teaches Escrow at Mt. San Antonio College and at the Escrow Training Institute.

Donna earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in English (1975) from Colorado State University. She also has a Master’s Degree in Education (2005) from Colorado State University.

At home she is the obedient servant of Phoebe, Princess Fluffy Butt Cat.

Andrea Alessandro, Esq.

Director of Industry Relations & Education
CATIC

Upon graduating from law school in 2002, Andrea joined a high-volume conveyancing firm, representing lenders, buyers, and sellers for thousands of real estate transactions. In 2013, Andrea joined CATIC and in 2016, Andrea moved to the company’s Industry Relations Department, eventually becoming Director of Industry Relations and Education. Andrea also serves as co-chair of the company’s employee-led social justice committee, The Initiative. This committee is dedicated to improving communities through equitable treatment for all, focusing on fair and equal home-ownership opportunities and other social justice concerns.

Perla Aparicio

Industry Relations Manager
Paymints.io

Becky Tassell

Chief Marketing Officer
PropLogix

CMO at PropLogix who is intimately involved in the overall company strategy. With 15 years of marketing leadership experience at high-growth companies, her expertise lies in product marketing, demand generation, branding, events, content marketing, internal company culture, and technology. She strongly believes in collaborative environments, strengths-based leadership, and empowerment. When she’s not working to make the real estate transactional process more simple and transparent you’ll find her in the kitchen experimenting or hanging out with her Frenchie Pepper!

Marcus Hunt

Founder and Partner
Title Success Solutions

Marcus is a growth-minded entrepreneur and attorney with experience launching and building successful title companies. With a background in franchise and real estate law, he has assisted numerous companies in all stages of growth. Recognizing the need for acquisition and exit planning in the title industry, Marcus co-founded Title Success Solutions to serve the needs of growth minded title companies and title company owners exploring ways to successfully exit their business.

Shelly Mannebach

AVP Florida Business Development
Investors Title Insurance Co.

Shelly Mannebach has been in the real estate industry for over 25 years & holds a BA of Communication from the University of Madison-WI. As a Realtor in Wisconsin, her team specialized in relocation business, niche subdivision marketing and first time home buyers. After moving to Florida she was recruited by North American Title as a Senior Business Consultant to help Realtors increase their productivity. Shelly was then promoted to North Florida Sales Manager where she coached 10 Business Consultants, helping them grow market share & help their realtor clients increase business. While under Shelly’s direction, her North Florida team won National Awards for production and commitment to service.

Shelly currently works for Investors Title Insurance Company as AVP, Florida Business Development. In this role, she is also responsible for educating title agents, Realtors and lenders for increased productivity, compliance and business etiquette. She has been invited to speak at numerous National, State and Local conferences for the real estate industry.

Shelly is an active Realtor member at the Orlando Realtor Association (ORRA) where she has held the following positions and won the following awards: Guest speaker at ORRA Leadership Institute, Board of Directors at ORRA for 2 elected terms, Chair of Knowledge Services Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee Member.

Shelly has been married to the love of her life and soul mate, Thom for 30 years. They enjoy traveling and in her free time she likes to read, cook, swim, hike, and spend time with family.