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Proper Title Promotes Kwak to EVP of Operations

Proper Title, LLC, the Palatine, IL-based title insurance agency, promoted Kathy Kwak to EVP of operations and counsel. Kwak will be responsible for managing Proper Title’s processing, closing and overall operations. The firm has also hired Zjacobe Snyder as senior escrow officer in its Loop office.
 
“Kathy has done an outstanding job over the years in building trusted relationships with our attorney clients while also fostering a collaborative culture among staff through a team-management style that employees respond positively to,” said CEO Joni Meyerowitz.

She added, “Her leadership and vision have successfully guided Proper Title to being a leader in our industry during the pandemic by quickly adopting new protocols to offer safe and creative closing processes.”

Kwak has been a part of the real estate industry as an attorney or as an underwriting counsel for the past 14 years. Snyder brings 25 years’ experience to Proper Title.
 

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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