Chrissa Pagitsas
PROFILE
Chrissa 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.
SPEAKING TOPICS
The Art of the Calculated Leap: How Visionary Leaders Take Risks for Success
This keynote 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
This keynote 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
Chrissa draws on her 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
Chrissa 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.
