Chrissa Pagitsas is a senior advisor to C-suite leaders and board members on environmental, social governance (ESG), climate risk, green and social bonds and their intersection with the financial services, commercial real estate, and residential housing industries. She is the author of the book, “Chief Sustainability Officer at Work: How CSOs Build Business Growth Through Sustainable Strategies,” (Apress, 2022).
Chrissa is the former VP of ESG and director of the Green Financing Business at Fannie Mae. She launched and led Fannie Mae’s enterprise ESG strategy to become a leading ESG financial services company and its Green Financing business, resulting in over $51 billion issued
in Green Bonds through 2018.
Throughout her career, Chrissa has created impactful private-public partnerships resulting in positive outcomes and catalytic long-term market changes. She has served on the boards and advisory councils for international and domestic standard setters, governing bodies, and key industry associations including NASDAQ, Structured Finance Association, and the US Green Building Council.
Chrissa holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.