DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Anya serves as president and CEO of the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives (IPA), a leading advocacy organization for the portfolio diversifying investment industry. In this role, Anya leads the organizations efforts to bring together top asset managers, product distribution partners and industry service providers and drive industry progress through education and advocacy initiatives

Previously, she served as the IPA’s senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel. In the role, Anya led the IPA’s legislative, regulatory and legal initiatives, including the IPA’s Political Action Committee (PAC), served as the primary liaison and senior policy representative before Congress, the executive branch, and federal and state financial and self-regulatory agencies, and counseled the IPA on all internal legal and governance matters.

Prior to joining the IPA in 2017, Anya was the deputy director of policy and associate general counsel at the North American Securities Administrators Association, the national association representing state financial regulators. She has also practiced corporate and securities law at the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP in Washington, D.C., and, prior to that, at a boutique financial services law firm in New York City.

Anya received her J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Miami.  She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Virginia, New York and Texas

As SVP, National Accounts for Capital Square, Ms. Steahly is responsible for helping raise funds for the company’s 1031 DST properties, Opportunity Zone Funds, and REIT. She directly interacts with due-diligence officers and disseminates information to the broker-dealer and RIA communities. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Ms. Steahly turned her focus to private placements in 2003, shortly after the passage of Rev. Proc 2002-22. Her experience as a financial advisor made her well-suited to sell TICs and DSTs in the securities arena. While serving as Director of Tenant in Common Sales at ORIX (NYSE:IX) she helped develop a scalable business platformwhich incorporated a web-based due-diligence information-distribution system, a turn-key application and closing process for investors and a server-secured contact management database. Ms. Steahly has authored several articles on 1031 exchanges and participates in leading industry panel discussions.

Ms. Steahly holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses. She is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Real Estate at Georgetown University.

Thayer Gallison currently serves as Senior Vice President, Capital Markets – Head of Product Strategy for Cottonwood Residential.  In his role, Thayer is responsible for structuring Cottonwood’s product offerings, communicating all aspects of the Cottonwood product platform to an audience of broker-dealers and registered investment advisors, and represents the company with industry associations.  Thayer also focuses on business development strategies, and manages due diligence relationships with broker-dealers, RIAs, and third-party due diligence firms.

Thayer has spent more than 21 years in the financial services industry, beginning his career with an RIA where he managed the manager selection and due diligence process, and also led investment committee meetings where client portfolio allocations were determined.  Thayer joined Advisor Group in 2011, where he was Director of Alternative Investments before ultimately leading the investment research and due diligence team.  In 2017, Thayer joined Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, where he served as Vice President – Due Diligence Officer, and united the product research and due diligence functions from across Ladenburg’s network of broker-dealers.

Thayer earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Emory University.  He has earned Series 7, 24, and 66 Securities Licenses and he is a CFA Charterholder.