The members of ADISA (Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association), the nation's largest trade association serving the alternative investment and securities industry, have chosen new directors for its 2021 board. ADISA holds democratic elections hosted by a neutral online vendor, and the elections are open to all member categories (with a maximum of three votes per firm).

The five newly elected (or re-elected) board directors are:

Brandon Balkman, Orchard Securities
Angela Barbera, NexPoint Securities
Craig Covington, DAI Securities
Maria Ellis, Chen Planning
Michael Underhill, Capital Innovations

Additionally, three directors-at-large were appointed:

Sherri Cooke, AI Insight
John Grady, Practus
Greg Mausz, Preferred Capital Securities

They join the returning 2020 board members, who were elected last fall to two-year terms, and include:

Larry Sullivan, 2020 ADISA President, Passco Companies
Catherine Bowman, The Bowman Law Firm
David Johan, Altruist Advisors
Nati Kiferbaum, Inland Private Capital Corporation
Mark Kosanke, Concorde Financial
Matthew Malone, FS Investments
Ann Moore, International Assets Advisory
Thomas Voekler, Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank
Brad Updike, Mick | Law

Darryl Steinhause of DLA Piper also serves as a non-voting, volunteer legal counsel.

ADISA board elections occur in the fall; each new director was elected to a two-year term through 2022. At the first board meeting of 2021 in January, the board will elect its 2021 president and president-elect.