Dave Sanchez

Dave is the Director of the Office of Municipal Securities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He has almost 30 years of experience in all aspects of the municipal finance market. In prior service at the SEC, he was a principal drafter of both the final Municipal Advisor rule and the 2012 Commission Report on the State of the Municipal Securities Market. Dave previously served as General Counsel to the investment bank De La Rosa & Co. Inc. and as a Deputy City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco and for over 15 years as bond and disclosure counsel to governmental entities throughout the country.

Dave was also formerly Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown Law Center, where he taught “The Securities Law of Public Finance.” Dave earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Social Psychology from the University of New Mexico.