Cara Detring Awarded ALTA's Highest Honor
At the General Session in New York City on Saturday, October 8, 2005, Cara L. Detring was awarded ALTA'S highest honor -- the designation of Honorary Member.
Cara has been active in the title industry since college and has carried on the long tradition of her parents in the title industry. Phyllis and Milton Schnebelen were owners of Preferred Land Title Company in Missouri from 1952 to 1987 and active supporters of the Missouri Land Title Association and ALTA.
Cara has worked in the industry since 1973 and after much hard work on her own, became President of Preferred Land Title Company. During her career, she has served on various committees of the Missouri Land Title Association, and was its President in 1987.
Cara has been equally active in ALTA and has served on almost every committee over the past 20 years, including as Chair of the Abstracters & Title Insurance Agents Section Executive Committee, Board Member of TIPAC, ALTA's political action committee, as well as an ALTA Board Member. She was ALTA's first woman President from 2000 to 2001.
