First American National Default Title Services, a division of First American Title Insurance Company, announced this week that it has added two key team members to its trustee servicing and sales divisions.

Cathe Cole-Sherburn has joined the company as SVP of the Trustee Servicing Solutions division (formerly LoanStar Trustee Services). In this role, Cole-Sherburn will have direct responsibility for all the division’s operations, including technology and business development.

Cole-Sherburn has more than 28 years’ experience managing various default-related businesses and has been instrumental in setting up a number of out-of-state offices, as well as obtaining Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae counsel designations. Before joining First American, she was with Mortgage Lender Services and, prior to that, she worked for Northwest Trustee Services.

Milt Baker has been appointed SVP of the Western States Trustee Sale Guarantee division, where he will direct business development and customer relations in the Western United States.

Baker joined First American in 2000 as a sales executive in the Lenders Advantage division and over the past 10 years has held a variety of senior-level sales positions in both the Lenders Advantage and National Default Title Services divisions.

Prior to joining First American, Baker held a range of sales management positions at regional and national title companies. He has more than 25 years’ experience forging relationships and strategic partnerships with real estate, title, banking, and mortgage professionals. He is a member of the United Trustees Association and the Association of Real Estate Owned Managers (REOMAC).