Dave A. Sanchez

Dave A. Sanchez became Director of the SEC's Office of Municipal Securities in April 2022. He previously advised municipal issuers, broker-dealers and municipal advisors as a senior counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP.

Mr. Sanchez served as an Attorney Fellow in the Office of Municipal Securities from 2010 to 2013. During that time, he helped author a major Commission report on the municipal securities market and played a role in the agency’s rulemaking establishing a permanent registration regime for municipal advisors.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Sanchez served as the associate general counsel at Financial Security Assurance, counsel at Sidley Austin, deputy city attorney for special projects-finance in the City of San Francisco, and associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Mr. Sanchez graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico and earned his law degree from Harvard University, where he served as executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.