Chrissa Pagitsas

Expert in Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG), Sustainability & Global Business, Author of "Chief Sustainability Officers at Work"

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Chrissa Pagitsas Biography

Chrissa Pagitsas is a dynamic leader who unlocks innovation and growth potential by bridging sustainability and business. She draws on her deep expertise building a $51 billion Green Bond business at Fannie Mae and insights from book, “Chief Sustainability Officers at Work,” with in-depth conversations with Chief Sustainability Officers at Coca-Cola, Amazon, and BlackRock, and other Fortune 500 companies. As a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co and to global clients, Pagitsas guides executives on shaping their business strategy for a complex future.

Through engaging presentations and insightful perspectives, she empowers audiences to innovate and capture opportunities offered by sustainability despite a volatile global business environment, stiff competition, and evolving customer desires and workforce needs. On the global stage at COP28 in Dubai, Pagitsas addressed how and why companies should invest in green skills in their workforce to the value-add of green tech. At closed door sessions with private equity companies, she showed how sustainability is a multiplier for growth and impact.

Hailed as “illuminating” and “inspiring,” Pagitsas’ book “Chief Sustainability Officers At Work,” is a best seller on Amazon. Her book pulls back the curtain on how leaders at Fortune 500 companies tackle the challenge of integrating long-term sustainability goals while hitting quarterly financial targets.

Pagitsas was recognized as a “Green Bond Champion” by the Climate Bonds Initiative and awarded the Leadership award by the US Green Building Council for her market-transforming innovations as an executive at Fannie Mae. She launched the first green $19M commercial mortgage-backed security in the US and brokered a public-private partnership with the US EPA to develop a new ENERGY STAR® rating and certification for the real estate industry.

Pagitsas has developed sustainability strategies for large real estate investors, advised USAID and energy clients on renewable energy solutions, and delivered software solutions for the energy industry in the U.S. and Europe.

Pagitsas holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/15/2024.

Chrissa Pagitsas Speaking Topics

  • Big Vision into Reality: How to Create Business Value through Sustainability

    Many 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.

  • The Art of the Calculated Leap: How Women Leaders Take Risks for Success

    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.

  • The Secrets to Success with ESG

    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.

  • Creating a “Surround Sound” for Change: How to navigate change strategies with employees, customers, and investors

    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.

  • Sustainability and Innovation as a Intrapreneur

    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.

  • Female Leadership and Diversity in Sustainability

    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.

Chrissa Pagitsas Videos

  • Chrissa Pagitsas 2024 Speaker Video
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Chrissa Pagitsas Books

  • Chief Sustainability Officers At Work: How CSOs Build Successful Sustainability and ESG Strategies
    Chief Sustainability Officers At Work: How CSOs Build Successful Sustainability and ESG Strategies

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Chrissa Pagitsas is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Big Vision into Reality: How to Create Business Value through Sustainability, The Art of the Calculated Leap: How Women Leaders Take Risks for Success, The Secrets to Success with ESG, Creating a “Surround Sound” for Change: How to navigate change strategies with employees, customers, and investors, Sustainability and Innovation as a Intrapreneur and Female Leadership and Diversity in Sustainability. The estimated speaking fee range to book Chrissa Pagitsas for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Chrissa Pagitsas generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Andrew Busch, Dr. Jonathan Foley, Andrew Winston, Katharine Hayhoe and Amy Myers Jaffe. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chrissa Pagitsas for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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