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Darwin Bayston
Executive Director
Darwin Bayston recently became Executive Director of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA). His charge is to extend the outreach of the Association to all participants of the life settlement industry from consumers to capital providers, including producers, brokers, providers and service providers who are part of the life settlement market.
He was previously Managing Director of Life Settlement Consulting & Management (LSCM), founded in 2004 and specialized in life settlement policy and portfolio valuations, and life expectancy analysis. He has published several articles and participated as speaker at a number of life settlement conferences.
Previous to that he operated an investment advisory firm. From 1980 to 1993, he served in several capacities, including President and CEO the CFA Institute (and its predecessor organizations). While at CFA, he founded the continuing education program, was editor of the CFA Digest and supervised research projects funded by the Research Foundation of the ICFA. He began his career as an investment analyst with a Midwest life insurance company.
Mr. Bayston has been Chairman of the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation ($100 million), a member of the Hospital’s Finance Committee and a past member of the Board of the Institute for Quantitative Research and Finance (Q Group).
Daniel Harris
Director of Legal Affairs
As Director of Legal Affairs, Daniel provides indispensible leadership to LISA’s regulatory and legal endeavors. Working closely with the Executive Director, Daniel supports the association’s efforts to create a sound and transparent regulatory structure for an industry undergoing extensive legal changes. Daniel performs vital legislative and regulatory analysis while managing LISA’s official position on a variety of compliance and legal issues. As the legal and political landscape shifts, Daniel regularly attends relevant industry events to remain abreast of the latest developments, research and emerging issues. In addition to his regular duties in our home office, Daniel provides integral support to the LISA Legal Committee and LISAPAC. In the past two years, the secondary market’s political and regulatory environment has shifted considerably. The market is now under the watchful eye of the federal government. Multiple new laws were enacted in 2009 and new rules are presently being contemplated. LISA’s ability to continue to positively influence these developments is critical to the long term viability of the industry. Daniel’s ongoing service to the association, its members and consumers is invaluable.
Michael Kreiter
Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Core to LISA’s mission is the advancement of a transparent and sound regulatory structure. As Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Michael is supporting a fundamental aspect of LISA’s efforts in the industry. Michael’s regular duties include tracking all currently proposed legislation and regulation, researching emerging developments among state regulators and industry associations as well as maintaining communications with state and federal legislative/regulatory staff. In addition to his regulatory duties, Michael is responsible for much of the internal website content to include the daily posting of all industry news, regulatory documents and any supporting materials and also serves as the License Matrix Administrator. Michael is the author of our weekly Life Settlement E-newsletter covering the latest news, events and legislative notes. On a daily basis, Michael diligently supports the Executive Director and Legal Department and also provides essential support to the LISA External Affairs Committee. As a member of a small staff, Michael is an integral part of a cohesive team working to advance LISA and the members that we serve.
Madeline Garcia
Accounting & Operations Manager
Maddy serves as our Accounting Services Manager. Maddy brings a wealth of experience having worked in the banking sector for fifteen years and the non-profit sector for seven. As the preeminent life settlement association, LISA commands a broad array of proceeds, revenue and expenditures. Daily, Maddy combines tremendous organizational and administrative skills to manage all LISA financials, including member dues, operational expenses, committee funding, and events. Maddy is responsible for the accuracy of all association accounts and, on a monthly basis, generates the association’s financial reports for the official record. In addition to managing the association’s financials, Maddy is a significant factor in our efforts to maintain open lines of communication with our members – a point of pride for the LISA office and its staff.
Wesley Costa
Director of Education and Marketing
As Director of Education and Marketing, Wesley is responsible for the development of education and program content for LISA’s conferences, summits and webinars. He is also responsible for developing and deploying LISA’s technology-based learning and education products. Education will play an important role and has become one of LISA's top initiatives over the next year. Spearheading these efforts, Wesley is developing the content and strategy for marketing online CE and CLE courses, developing website functionality to conduct courses and negotiating with third-party educational providers to partner with marketing LISA’s online education opportunities.
Tisha Williams
Director of Member Services & Sales
Tisha is responsible for sales and generating revenues from LISA’s conference events, including increasing conference attendees, expanding the exhibitor program, and seeking sponsors. She is also responsible for member services, including measuring member satisfaction to prevent loss of members, recruit new members and measure the value of all services to members. Tisha will also expand the revenue base of website advertising and online education courses to financial planners, CPAs, attorneys and other prospects of LISA’s education.
