Chair Carla Garrett and Vice-Chair Jeff Solomon lead the Committee in the development of recommendations at the Committee's meeting on August 13, 2019 in Omaha, Nebraska.
About the Committee
The SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee was established by the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016, and is designed to provide a formal mechanism for the Commission to receive advice and recommendations on Commission rules, regulations and policy matters relating to small businesses, including smaller public companies. The Committee meets quarterly, and all meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in serving on the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, please email a letter of interest with applicable information about your relevant experience here.
The Committee succeeds the SEC’s former Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies, whose term expired in 2017.
Committee Members
- Carla Garrett
Corporate Partner, Potomac Law Group PLLC; Washington, DC - Jeffrey M. Solomon
Chief Executive Officer, Cowen, Inc.; New York, NY - Gregory Yadley
Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP; Tampa, FL - Youngro Lee
CEO and Co-Founder, NextSeed; Houston, TX - Donnel Baird
Founder and CEO, BlocPower LLC, Brooklyn, New York - William M. Beatty*
Securities Administrator of the Washington State Securities Division;
Olympia, WA - Kesha Cash
Founder and General Partner, Impact America Fund; Oakland, CA - Greg Dean*
Senior Vice President of the Office of Government Affairs, FINRA; Washington, DC - Bailey DeVries*
Associate Administrator for the Office of Investment & Innovation; U.S. Small Business Administration; Washington, DC - Robert Fox
National Managing Partner, Professional Standards Group, Grant Thornton LLP; Chicago, IL
- Stephen Graham
Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West LLP; Seattle, WA - Sara Hanks
CEO and Co-Founder, CrowdCheck, Inc.; Alexandria, VA - Brian Levey
Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer, Upwork Inc.; San Francisco, CA - Sapna Mehta
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund; Associate General Counsel, Revolution; Washington, DC - Catherine Mott
Founder and CEO of BlueTree Capital Group, BlueTree Allied Angels, and BlueTree Venture Fund; Pittsburgh, PA - Jason Seats
Chief Investment Officer, Techstars; Austin, TX - Marc Oorloff Sharma*
Chief Counsel of the Office of the Investor Advocate, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission; Washington, DC - Hank Torbert
President, AltaMax, LLC; New Orleans, LA - Sue Washer
Former President and CEO, Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation; Gainesville, FL
*Committee members include the SEC’s Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and three non-voting members appointed by each of the SEC’s Investor Advocate, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), and the Small Business Administration, as well as an observer appointed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Recommendations of the Committee
The Committee has adopted the following recommendations:
Parting Perspectives Letter (February 28, 2023)
Private Fund Proposal (February 28, 2023)
Availability of Public Company Research (February 28, 2023)
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (October 13, 2022)
Becoming a Public Company (October 13, 2022)
Regulation A Secondary Market Liquidity (August 2, 2022)
SPACs Proposal (May 6, 2022)
Climate-Related Disclosure Proposal (May 6, 2022)
Accredited Investor (February 10, 2022)
Encouraging Small, Regional Funds (April 30, 2021)
Finders (November 9, 2020)
Underrepresented Founders and Investors (August 4, 2020)
Capital Formation Proposal (May 8, 2020)
Harmonization General Principles (December 11, 2019)
Regulation Crowdfunding (December 11, 2019)
Accredited Investor (November 12, 2019)
Retail Investor Access to Registered Closed-End Funds Investing in Private Funds (November 12, 2019)
Accelerated Filer Definition (August 13, 2019)
Financial Disclosure Requirements Relating to Acquisition and Dispositions of Businesses (August 13, 2019)
Meeting Materials
Meeting archives, including agendas, presentation materials, transcripts, and webcast recordings, are available here.
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Members of the public may submit comments to the Committee.
Organization
News
Small Business Advisory Committee to Host Meeting to Discuss Entrepreneurship Hubs and the IPO Market
Oct. 6, 2022
SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss Liquidity Challenges for Investors in Small and Emerging Businesses
July 27, 2022
Small Business Advisory Committee to Host Virtual Meeting to Discuss Proposed Rules on Climate Disclosures and SPACs
April 29, 2022
SEC Advisory Committee Meeting to Explore Small Business Investment Issues
Feb. 7, 2022
Entrepreneurship in Rural and Under-Resourced Areas on Agenda for Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting
Nov. 10, 2021
Changing Dynamics Pre-IPO and Going Public on the Agenda for the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Sept. 21, 2021
Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Jan. 29 Meeting to Focus on Smaller Public Company Markets
January 22, 2021
SEC Issues Agenda for Nov. 9 Meeting of the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
November 3, 2020
SEC Announces New Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Members
August 4, 2020
Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee to Discuss the SEC’s Capital Formation Proposal on May 8
April 28, 2020
SEC Issues Agenda for February 4 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Jan. 28, 2020
SEC Issues Agenda for Dec. 11 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Dec. 4, 2019
SEC Issues Agenda for Nov. 12 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Nov. 6, 2019
SEC Announces Aug. 13 Meeting of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
July 9, 2019
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Public Comments
Modified: April 6, 2023