Stacey Bowers, the Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the SEC will sit down for a moderated conversation with ACA Past Chair and SEC Advisory Board member, Marcia Dawood.  Stacey and Marcia will offer some stimulating insights into capital formation, current challenges and the impact on small business owners across the country. Plus they will discuss the vast amount of free resources available on the SEC website related to entrepreneurship that not enough people know about. 

Stacey Bowers became Director of the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation in January 2024, bringing a broad range of experience to the role. She was most recently a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Corporate and Commercial Law Program at University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she taught courses in corporate law, including capital raising and accounting for lawyers.

She also served as Of Counsel at 3Pillars Law, PLLC, where she represented small business owners and entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital. Prior to joining the Sturm College of Law, Ms. Bowers worked in private practice and as in-house securities counsel for two public companies. She began her legal career as a staff attorney in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.