Lacey Calac Dunne
Lacey Calac Dunne is the founder of Acknowledge Capital LLC, a Native-owned and Native-led investment management firm dedicated to advancing financial sovereignty for all Tribal Nations through funds tailored to meet the long-term investment needs of Tribes.
Lacey has spent over 20 years in the investment industry. She started her career as an analyst for a long/short equity fund; most recently, she was the Managing Partner of a single family office where she invested in private companies, operating businesses, and real estate.
Currently, Lacey serves as the Chairwoman of First Nations Economic Development Corporation, an EDC (Section 17) investment arm of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians.
Lacey has a Masters from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Management Science from UC San Diego. She is an enrolled member of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians as well as a lineal descendant of the Chickasaw Nation and Pit River Tribe. With her family, Lacey divides her time between the traditional homelands of the Muwekma Ohlone (Palo Alto) and Payómkawichum/Luiseño (Pauma Valley/Rincon Indian Reservation).
