Chrissa Pagitsas
Strategic Advisor, Author, Expert on Sustainability, Climate Risk, Supply Chain Carbon Reduction & Resiliency, Green & Social Bonds
- Inspires audiences and shares the steps to success behind launching and building the $51 billion Green Bond business at Fannie Mae.
- Draws on value-creating insights from her best-selling book, “Chief Sustainability Officers at Work,” featuring C-suite leaders at Netflix, Coca-Cola, Amazon, BlackRock and other Fortune 500 companies.
- Real experience in the commercial real estate, financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, and IT leaves business leaders with a roadmap on how to capture business opportunities and mitigate risks through sustainability.
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About Chrissa Pagitsas
Download ProfileChrissa Pagitsas is the CEO of Pagitsas Advisors, an author, and board member. She and her team advise senior executives and boards at global companies on meeting growth targets and driving results through transformation strategies. Her leadership and expertise are rooted in seizing the opportunity to build Fannie Mae’s Green Bond business from zero to $51 billion—an industry-defining achievement at a Fortune 50 company. Her best-selling book, Chief Sustainability Officers at Work, provides leaders of any business a roadmap on how to navigate disruptive innovations and markets successfully.
Chrissa has received multiple recognitions for her market-transforming enterprises including the first commercial Green Mortgage-Backed Security in the US. She serves on the Board of Global Impact and the Advisory Council of International Well Building Institute.
Ms. Pagitsas holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, and a BA from Johns Hopkins University.
Video Gallery
"Green bonds, mortgages & homes." Chrissa Pagitsas of Fannie Mae on Sustainable Investing
CSOs At Work with Chrissa Pagitsas featuring Emma Stewart, Sustainability Officer, Netflix
Chrissa Pagitsas: Speaker Reel 2025
"Green bonds, mortgages & homes." Chrissa Pagitsas of Fannie Mae on Sustainable Investing
CSOs At Work with Chrissa Pagitsas featuring Emma Stewart, Sustainability Officer, Netflix
Chrissa Pagitsas: Speaker Reel 2025
Speech Topics
Download TopicsThe Art of the Calculated Leap: How Visionary Leaders Take Risks for Success inspires executives to rising leaders to unlock their potential and empower their teams, offering new tools for turning bold decisions into drivers of growth.
Thriving in the Disruptive 21st Century: How Successful Businesses Innovate and Grow offers a proven framework businesses can use to meet the moment and find new growth. Leaders will leave with a clear roadmap for navigating uncertainty and turning disruption into opportunity.
Building Resilience: Businesses and Teams that Drive Lasting Value Creation draws on Chrissa’s own experience and insights from exemplary leaders to offer a powerful playbook executives and their teams can use to embrace change, inspire new ways of thinking, and create a more resilient culture built to last.
Commercializing Sustainability: Creating Value, Accelerating Impact demonstrates how sustainability teams today must connect tangible business value to their programs, offering proven approaches for how to integrate sustainability with strategy, strengthen partnerships, accelerate progress, and drive measurable results.
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