Proper Title, LLC, the Palatine, Ill.-based title insurance agency serving the residential and commercial real estate industries, today 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. “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.

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.

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.

Launched with just 27 employees in 2013, Proper Title has doubled its size and increased its transaction volume every year to become a major player in the title insurance business. For the third year in a row, in 2017, it earned the Award for Excellence from Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., a member of the Fidelity National Financial (NYSE: FNF) family of companies and the nation’s largest group of title companies and title insurance underwriters. The award is given for meeting and exceeding specific title underwriting and settlement services criteria.

About Proper Title, LLC:

Palatine, Ill.-based Proper Title, LLC, is a full-service title insurance agency serving the residential and commercial real estate industries. Since its founding in 2013, Proper Title has substantially grown its transaction volume in just a few years with its commitment to servicing the needs of its clients and is the second-largest title insurance agency in Illinois, and earned the 2014, 2015 and 2016 “Rising Star / Excellence in Action” awards by Fidelity Investments. With seven closing locations in Cook, Lake and DuPage counties, Proper Title is able to deliver an exceptional title experience throughout the Chicago area and the Midwest. For more information, visit propertitle.com.

Proper Title, LLC, has promoted Kim O’Donnell, David Zawadzki and Sabrina Bier.