IPA Staff
Anya Coverman
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
Anya Coverman
Megan Gavin
Megan Gavin is the IPA’s Director of Strategic Partnerships. Megan leads the IPA’s business development strategies and works closely with all of membership. She focuses on strategically bringing on new members and making sure the current members are getting the most out of their partnership with the IPA. Megan also serves as the primary liaison for sponsorships and coordinating a firm’s involvement at IPA events throughout the year.
Megan is a veteran in the alternative investment industry with over 18 years of experience in working with top asset managers distributing a verity of alternative investment structures. Prior to joining the IPA, she was Head of National Accounts at Ashford Securities and was hired to build out their selling syndicate. She began her career in sales at Hines and moved into National Accounts at W.P. Carey and Starwood.
Megan received her B.A. in Political Science from Texas A&M University and completed her CFP courses at Rice University. She holds a Series 7 and 63. When she is not working with IPA members, she enjoys surfing off the southwest coast of Mexico or enjoying the mountains, in Durango, Colorado, where she lives.
Megan Gavin
Gina Gombar
Gina Gombar
