Stewart Title promoted Stefanie Lally-Ardrey to vice president senior underwriting counsel, serving in New York commercial services center where she assists customers with their local, national and cross-border commercial real estate transactions. She previously served as associate senior underwriting counsel.
John Spencer was named associate senior underwriting counsel for commercial services and will report to senior vice president, senior underwriting counsel, manager Don Wade and work out of Stewart’s Atlanta Commercial Services Center.
Len Franco was appointed commercial services regional director overseeing the Northeast region of the U.S.
Lally-Ardrey brings more than 14 years of industry experience to her new role. She previously served as a real estate counsel in private practice in New York City. In addition she served as a national underwriting counsel for Title Associates, a division of Stewart Title Insurance Co. for 10 years before taking the associate senior underwriting counsel position with Stewart Title Guaranty Co. Commercial Services in early 2015.
“Stefanie has a long history at Stewart, and has proven herself to a tremendous asset to the organization,” Senior Vice President, Senior Underwriting Counsel and Manager Chris Lawrence said in a release announcing the promotion. “Her specialties in multi-state, high liability commercial transactions will greatly benefit the internal team, our trusted industry partners and ultimately our clients.”
She is admitted to the New York State Bar Association.
Spencer has 30-plus years’ experience supplementing his real estate attorney knowledge with a strong focus in the commercial real estate business, as well as in closing related local and national transactions.
“John’s proven ability in achieving successful business results during his seasoned career made him an ideal person to fill this role,” Wade said. “His team approach and emphasis on fostering working partnerships will fit seamlessly into Stewart’s culture.”
Franco is rejoining Stewart with more than 25 years’ experience serving in sales positions of increasing responsibility. He most recently held the position of national sales manager for an organization providing mortgage origination, REO and investor services for residential lenders/services, credit unions and law firms. Prior to this Franco worked within the Stewart family of companies, leading sales for Stewart Lender Services.
“Len’s proven experience increasing sales, performance and growth with new and existing client partnerships is a tremendous asset to the Stewart Title team,” Konkel said. “We are glad to bring Len back to Stewart, and we welcome him to our team.”