Stewart Lender Services (SLS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Title Company, has announced the appointment of Linda St. Clair to the position of VP and strategic account manager.

In this role, St. Clair will be responsible for increasing SLS’ services to existing clients, as well as helping SLS enter into new strategic lender relationships with a primary focus on the nation’s leading mid-tier lenders and credit unions.

“Stewart is committed to continuing the growth of our SLS organization to better serve our lender customers,” said Jason Nadeau, SLS president and CEO. “We have been aggressively building our leadership and sales team, and

Linda’s addition is further evidence of our ongoing commitment to this important market segment.”

St. Clair joins SLS from the First American Corporation where she had served as a VP for equity loan services. She had also served in sales management positions for a Texas-based builder and JPMorgan Chase.

In addition, Robert Reeder has joined Stewart National Title Services as VP of national business development, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reeder will be responsible for the continued growth of Stewart’s national commercial business, with a focus on expanding the company’s services in the Southeastern region of the United States.

Don Wade, SVP, senior underwriting counsel, and manager for the National Title Services Atlanta office, remarked, “We are pleased to have such a seasoned professional be a member or our team. Rob has a keen understanding of the sophisticated business requirements of the commercial customer and a commitment to delivering exactly what they need.”

Reeder most recently served as VP and commercial sales and relationship manager for the national commercial services division of First American Title Insurance Co. in Atlanta. He has 33 years of experience in the title industry, and has specialized in commercial real estate since 1991.