The Alaska USA Title Agency Team

Crystal Peltola
Vice-President / General Manager - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6442

Crystal has called Alaska home for the last 38 years. She started in the title insurance business in 1982 and has worked in the industry ever since. After 26 years in title insurance, she continues to enjoy her job and the people she meets along the way. As a long-time board member and past President of the Alaska Land Title Association, Crystal was instrumental in instituting education seminars for the title industry. She is an avid participant in the American Cancer Society's Annual Relay for Life and is currently the President of the Dimond High School PTSA.

Title Department

Cindy Landreth
Senior Title Officer - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6445

Born in Dallas, Cindy moved to Alaska in 1976. She has more than 32 years experience in the title industry in both Alaska and Kansas, and enjoys the challenge of being on the ground floor of a new company. Cindy is an active volunteer in the American Cancer Society, Alaska Land Title Association, and Moose Lodge Family Center. In her free time, Cindy likes to pitch horseshoes, ride motorcycles, camp, fish, and snow machine.

Jennifer Weynand
Title Officer - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6447

Jennifer is originally from Grafton, Wisconsin, but moved to the great state of Alaska in 1988. She has worked in the title industry for 12 years and always looks forward to helping clients with their title needs. Jennifer has been an active volunteer for The American Cancer Society since 2000. She enjoys camping in Homer and Seward and snow machining at Hatcher Pass.

Escrow Department

Renate Houser
Escrow Manager - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6441

Renate carries more than 20 years of escrow, real estate, financial, sales, and office management experience. She has held various committee chair positions for the Alaska State Escrow Association (ASEA) and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women (NAPMW). Renate has also been involved with the Anchorage and Wasilla Board of Realtors and Alaska Mortgage Bankers Association (AMBA). She currently is a volunteer for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Anchorage. Renate enjoys the theater, bowling, golf, travel, and most of all, spending time with her family.

Barbara Williams
Senior Escrow Officer - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6484

Barb moved to Alaska in 1978 and worked for Alaska USA in the payroll, consumer lending, and collection departments for five years. In 1986, she spent three years in Hawaii working in the mortgage lending and closing business and later returned to Alaska and has been in the escrow closing field ever since. A background in both lending and escrow gives Barb an advantage in closing, since she's been on both sides and understands the mortgage loan requirements of the secondary market and lender documents, as well as escrow closing. Her hobbies include fishing, sewing, crafts, and spending time with her pets.

Linda Wilson
Senior Escrow Officer - Wasilla office
(907) 352-8526

Linda has over 22 years experience in escrow, real estate, mortgage lending, and office management. She has worked 11 years for Alaska USA in Mortgage Operations, most recently as the Senior Mortgage Closer. Linda moved from Tennessee to Alaska in 1977 and currently lives with her family in Wasilla, where she is active in the community.

Karen Goentzel
Escrow Officer - Anchorage office
(907) 646-6485

Karen has worked in the real estate industry for 29 years and says it's a long way from her first job in Alaska selling guns at the "Hook N Hoe" on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Karen's experience includes management in escrow, loan originations, sales, and closing. She says her favorite part of the process is escrow closing because she feels it's a time of celebration. Karen moved to Anchorage in 1977, where she still resides with her husband and two sons. In her off time, she likes to read, watch movies, and is best known for her crafts.

Pamela Beauchamp
Escrow Assistant - Wasilla office
(907) 352-8535

Pamela is a long-time Alaskan who came to the state at the age of four and grew up in Fairbanks. She moved to Wasilla in 1984 and has lived there since. Pamela comes to Alaska USA Title Agency with 20 years of mortgage lending experience. She finds the mortgage industry to be very interesting and enjoys learning something new every day. After a long day at work, Pamela's passion is riding her motorcycle and working in her garden. She says she was drawn to her job because of the reputation of Alaska USA and the great staff at Alaska USA Title Agency.

Peggy Clements
Escrow Officer - Kenai office
(907) 395-4540

Peggy has worked in the title industry since 1995 in both Alaska and Oregon. Before joining Alaska USA she gained experience working as a recorder and an escrow assistant, and was later promoted to escrow officer. Peggy has called Soldotna her home since 1997. She loves working with customers and is excited to add to the experience that Alaska USA members have come to know and expect. She has been involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and served on the board of directors for the Alaska Escrow Association, and the American Escrow Association. In her spare time, she enjoys scuba diving, golfing, sailing, and hunting with her husband.