Chief Sustainability Officers At Work

Part I: Consumer Goods, Entertainment and Gaming.- 1. Beatriz "Bea" Perez, The Coca-Cola Company.- 2. Ezgi Barcenas, Anheuser-Busch InBev.- 3. Pia Heidenmark Cook, IKEA.- 4. Virginie Helias, Procter & Gamble.- 5. Marissa (Pagnani) McGowan, PVH Corp..- 6. Jyoti Chopra, MGM Resorts International.- 7. Emma Stewart, Netflix.- Part II: Technology, Telecommunications, and Professional Services.- 8. Kara Hurst, Amazon.- 9. Steve Varley, EY.- 10. Sophia Mendelsohn, Cognizant.- 11. Brian Tippens, HPE.- 12. James Gowen, Verizon.- 13. Kevin Hagen, Iron Mountain.- Part III: Energy, Building Materials and Equipment Manufacturing.- 14. Katherine Neebe, Duke Energy.- 15. Oliver Blum, Schneider Electric.- 16. Scott Tew, Trane Technologies.- 17. Frank O'Brien-Bernini, Owens Corning.- Part IV: Financial Services and Real Estate.- 18. Elsa Palanza, Barclays.- 19.Yulanda Chung, DBS Bank.- 20. Heidi DuBois, AEA Investors LP.- 21. Marisa Buchanan, JPMorgan Chase & Co..- 22. Cynthia Curtis, Jones Lang LaSalle.- 23. Michelle Edkins & Alexis Rosenblum, BlackRock.- 24. Steve Waygood, Aviva Investors.

Chrissa Pagitsas is the Head of Enterprise ESG Strategy for Fannie Mae, a cornerstone of the US housing finance market. In 2010, Pagitsas launched Fannie Mae's Multifamily Green Financing Business. Under her leadership, the Green Financing Business grew from zero to a $51 billion business, issuing the first Green MBS in the U.S. bond market and creating positive environmental, social, and financial impact across themultifamily housing market. As a result of her leadership, Fannie Mae was the world's largest issuer of Green Bonds in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Pagitsas was named the Head of Enterprise ESG Strategy in 2019. In this role she leading Fannie Mae's development of enterprise ESG goals which will guide the company's environmental, social and governance investments for the next five years, designing the related marketing strategy to attract employees and retain customers, and structuring the company's data infrastructure to capture and report environmental and socialimpact to debt and equity investors. Pagitsas is globally recognized as a thought leader at the nexus of ESG, environmental sustainability, realestate, and capital markets. She advises international organizations by serving as a member of Boards and Advisory Councils. She is currently an active member of:- NASDAQ's Sustainable Bond Network Advisory Council- Structured Finance Association's ESG Leadership Council- International Capital Markets Association's Green Bond and Social Bond Advisory Council.
Previously, Pagitsas was a Board Member and Secretary-Treasurer for the US Green Building Council. In 2019, Pagitsas was recognized as the Global Green Bond Champion by the Climate Bonds Initiative. Other recognitions include being named a Rising Star in 2018 by HousingWire and receiving the US Green Building Council Leadership Award in 2015. Pagitsas has BA from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Pagitsas lives in Washington, DC with