Congratulations to the following members who have successfully completed and passed the UTA California Basic Trustee Foreclosure Certification Program. They are now entitled to use the designation “Certified Trustee Sale Officer, Level I, California.” The course instructors were Phillip Adleson, Esq., Adleson, Hess & Kelly and Randy Newman, National Foreclosure Service.

• Kate Eshenko, First American Title
• Claudia Farnum, California Realty Mortgage Services
• Colleen Irby, California Reconveyance Co.
• Chris Perry, Perry & Shapiro
• Natalie Prado, Trustee Corps
• Victoria Relva, National Foreclosure Co.
• Lila Zapata, Shoshone Service Corp.

In order to maintain their status as a Certified Trustee Sale Officer, Level I, California, members must pass the certification exam with a score of at least 70%; maintain UTA membership in good standing; and attend either the Annual Education Conference OR three regional meetings within two years of certification.

Certification provides a measurement to recognize the skills and knowledge necessary to perform as a Trustee. UTA certification is designed so that employers and consumers will have confidence in the recipient's thorough knowledge of the nonjudicial foreclosure process.