Renée M. Jones

Renée M. Jones is a Professor of Law and the Dr. Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar at Boston College Law School, specializing in securities regulation, corporate law, and startup financing. She served as Director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance from June 2021 to February 2023, where she oversaw rulemaking on climate-related risk disclosure, cybersecurity, SPACs, and executive compensation. She is best known for her scholarship on the erosion of federal securities law safeguards in startup financing, including her forthcoming book Untamed Unicorns: Why Startup Finance is Broken and How to Fix It.