Board of Directors

SILA’s Board of Directors is the leadership and decision making body that oversees the fulfillment of SILA’s mission. The Board of Director’s predominant focus is organizational goal setting, planning, policy and resource development, corporate oversight, evaluation, and decision making.

The Board is made up of fifteen elected members and two appointed members. Elected positions include five Officer positions and ten Director positions. Annually, the current Board conducts a nomination and election process prior to SILA’s National Educational Conference to elect new Board members. Board members typically serve a two-year term beginning the following calendar year. The current SILA Board of Directors are identified below.

Executive Board

Immediate Past President

Tim Owen
Vertafore
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President

Barb Gavitt
Knopman Marks
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President Elect

Allister Yu
Rhoads Online
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Secretary

Nikki Brown
Alliant
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Treasurer

Paula Sisneros
Vertafore
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Governance

Lesli Leakey
Vertafore
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Legal Adviser

Fred Karlinsky
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
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Executive Director

Sherri Coleman
SILA
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Board of Directors

Sponsor & Fundraising Director

Codi Henry
Foundever
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Communications Director

Ryan Fitzgerald
Rhoads Online
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Membership Director

Amy Ward
NIPR
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Nominations Director

Tracy Sloan
AE Wealth Management
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Securities Director

Craig Harrison
Benjamin F Edwards & Co
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Education Director

Brandi Brown
RegEd
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Solution Provider Relations Director

Dan Kolakowski
Vertafore
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Regulatory Advisor

Courtney Khodabakhsh
Oklahoma Insurance Department
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Regulatory Advisor

Richard Tozer
Virginia Bureau of Insurance
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Regulatory FINRA Advisor

Bill Swanstrom
FINRA
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Regulatory Securities Advisor

Deborah Fabritz
Wisconsin Securities Division
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