Fidelity National Title Agency, a member of the Fidelity National Financial family, named Diane Carpenter as vice president/branch manager of the Camelback Lakes Commercial branch in Phoenix.
Prior to joining Fidelity National Title, she was an executive vice president for Thomas Title & Escrow, supervising all escrow and title operations for the company’s Arizona and Texas locations. Before that she was a senior commercial escrow officer and assistant manager of the commercial services division for North American Title Insurance Co. in Phoenix. She also served as assistant manager at one of First American Title Insurance Co.’s commercial services offices.
During her career as a commercial escrow officer, Carpenter personally closed more than 7,000 transactions valued at more than $20 billion, according to the announcement. Her experience includes executing sophisticated multiparty transactions for a wide range of projects, including master-planned communities as well as commercial, office, industrial, medical, hospitality, multi-family and large vacant land deals for owners, lenders, investors, developers and builders. She also has managed and coordinated major non-real estate escrows, including corporate mergers and acquisitions in addition to complex joint development agreements among various developers and homebuilders.
Prior to working in real estate, she owned and operated several of her own businesses in Maine. She has extensive experience in staff development, training processes, evaluation procedures and management. She is a frequent speaker and presenter, and has authored numerous articles regarding complex real estate transactions and associated title and escrow services.