As senior vice president - Texas operations and education, Brandi Abercrombie manages operations and market development for National Investors while leading educational initiatives for Texas-based independent agencies. Before joining National Investors, Ms. Abercrombie served as an agency manager for a national title insurance underwriter, assisting agents across Texas, and, for more than 15 years prior to that role, worked for independent agents in positions related to all aspects of the title and underwriting business, including customer service and escrow operations, curative and exam work, and extensive management duties in the role of closing manager for a large title company. She holds the Certified Escrow Settlement Professional and the Certified Title Insurance Professional designations from Texas Land Title Association and the National Title Professional from the American Land Title Association. Ms. Abercrombie is also a qualified real estate instructor with the Texas Real Estate Commission and is both a traditional and online notary with authority to perform remote notarizations in Texas. A longtime Land Title School instructor and committee member, Ms. Abercrombie is the current school committee chair.