Kristina spearheads Persefoni’s growth as one of the global leaders in climate data disclosure, management, and decarbonization. As CSO, she leads Persefoni’s Sustainability team as it supports customers in more than a dozen countries across 19 of the 20 NAICS sectors.
Kristina was previously at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she oversaw the assessment of climate-related disclosures and helped to lead the rulemaking team through drafting proposed climate disclosure rules. She worked closely with the Commission's Office of International Affairs, engaging with regulators and standards-setters in jurisdictions around the world. She also supported the U.S. Department of Treasury and other Federal agencies on a variety of matters, including a report in response to an Executive Order that addressed the impact of climate change on the nation's financial stability.
Prior to the SEC, Kristina served as Senior Counsel and Director of Sustainability at Latham & Watkins, where she established and led the firm's internal sustainability program and co-chaired the firm's ESG taskforce in the commercial practice. There, she experienced first-hand the challenge of calculating Latham's own emissions and establishing reduction goals, and saw clients struggle to understand and manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints – the exact obstacles Persefoni solves.