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Chrissa Pagitsas is a keynote speaker and author on the intersection of ESG and business, known for her innovations in green financing and leadership at Fannie Mae.
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As our keynote speaker, Chrissa hit the exact note for our audience: revealing the big-picture vision for the future for sustainability and business while clearly laying out how to execute on practical actions today.
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Chrissa Pagitsas is a keynote speaker and strategic advisor to senior executives and boards on the intersection of environmental, social, governance (ESG) and global business. Chrissa is the author of the book Chief Sustainability Officers at Work (Apress, 2022) which explores the leadership strategies of Chief Sustainability Officers and Heads of ESG at Fortune 500 companies including BlackRock, Coca- Cola, Duke Energy, and Procter & Gamble.
Recognized as a “Green Bond Champion” by the Climate Bonds Initiative and a recipient of the US Green Building Council Leadership Award, Chrissa is responsible for market- transforming innovations including the first Green Commercial MBS in the US, a standardized energy audit for the commercial real estate market, and the US EPA ENERGY STAR® 1 to 100 Score for Existing Multifamily.
As the first Vice President of ESG at Fannie Mae, Chrissa launched the enterprise’s ESG Strategy to integrate ESG principles into the core strategy. Prior to her work in ESG, she launched and led the Green Financing Business which issued over $51 billion in Green Bonds through 2018, making Fannie Mae the largest issuer of Green Bonds globally.
Her prior experience includes developing sustainability strategies for large real estate investors and delivered financial management software solutions for utility companies in the U.S. and Europe. Chrissa holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.
See keynotes with Chrissa PagitsasMany people talk about having a big vision, but how many people know how to achieve it? Chrissa knows first-hand what it takes. She pulls back the curtain on the lows and highs of building a $50 billion green finance business in order to inspire attendees to set their own big visions. But a vision is not enough – she leaves the attendees with a roadmap to accelerate the achievement of their vision. Blending personal experience with global business and sustainability case studies from Netflix to Fannie Mae, Chrissa shows how to get it done.
This dynamic keynote ignites a growth mindset in senior women executives and aspiring leaders. By combining data on the benefits of calculated risks with captivating case studies of successful leaders in business and impact, Chrissa equips attendees with a practical framework for strategic risk assessment and confident decision-making. Women leaders will leave inspired to embrace challenges, navigate uncertainty, and achieve breakthrough results.
How does a Fortune 500 company with billions in revenue maximize the benefits of an ESG strategy? Chrissa Pagitsas pulls back the curtain on how to use priorities, patience, products, process, and partnerships to deliver innovative solutions through ESG.
Her audience walks in her shoes to build a $50 billion green bond business and the shoes of the Chief Sustainability Officers and Heads of ESG at global companies like Amazon, BlackRock, Procter & Gamble, and Owens Corning.
Launching a new initiative? Exciting a new customer base? Whether new to their seat or highly experienced, every leader will launch a new initiative that meets resistance. Using real and tangible examples from companies such as Fannie Mae, Procter & Gamble, and Trane, Chrissa Pagitsas shows how the real magic for changes comes from creating a “surround sound” of key stakeholders to bring about the change. From employees to investors and even critical external partners and customers, she will inspire the audience to surround these stakeholders and achieve the targeted change.
What does it take to develop a new product line within an established company? How do we integrate sustainability throughout our business products? It’s not the technology. It’s the mindset. Learn from the successful product launches of Procter & Gamble, Owens Corning, Amazon, and other leading companies who took leaps of faith grounded in business realities to capture new markets.
To succeed today, businesses must call upon the diverse talents of their employees and into their extensive networks. Drawing on her own leadership experiences and those of senior executives at Fortune 500 companies, Chrissa Pagitsas guides the audience through a realization of the power of leaders to concrete steps to include diverse perspectives into business strategy and decision-making.
Without a doubt, Chrissa Pagitsas was the best choice as our conference’s keynote speaker. As a dynamic speaker, Chrissa engaged our audience and created a real-time conversation on ESG leadership and business.
Nima Farshchi
Chrissa’s insights are practical, action-oriented and balanced – three attributes that are all-too-rare in the ESG and sustainable fi nance space.
Aniket Shah
As our keynote speaker, Chrissa hit the exact note for our audience: revealing the big-picture vision for the future for sustainability and business while clearly laying out how to execute on practical actions today.
Matt Ellis
Chrissa's expertise and dedication were instrumental in making our event a resounding success. Her keynote was not only insightful but also deeply inspiring, fostering collaboration and engagement among our attendees.
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