Preparing Accounting and Finance Leaders for the Pressures of ESG Reporting Zoom Workshop

Liz Vescio is the ESG advisor at Crown Castle, the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure, where she is responsible for the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts. Leveraging her nearly 10 years of experience at Crown Castle in various leadership roles across internal audit, project delivery, assets and business performance, she is responsible for ESG public disclosures and partners with leaders across the company to identify opportunities that both deliver business value and support the achievement of ESG goals, ensuring alignment with Crown Castle’s strategy to find profitable solutions that connect communities and people to each other. Prior to joining Crown Castle, Liz worked at Deloitte in public accounting. She studied Accounting at the University of Pittsburgh and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Alyssa Rade is the chief sustainability officer at Sustain.Life where she leads the company’s strategy for product content, guiding users on their decarbonization and ESG journeys. Her 10+ years of corporate sustainability experience guides the program recommendations, carbon management and ESG disclosures featured in Sustain.Life’s software. Prior to joining Sustain.Life, Alyssa directed the ESG program at Vornado Realty Trust, where she managed sustainable operations and development for over 30 million sf of class A commercial space. Alyssa is accredited as a LEED and WELL AP and holds a MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University and a BA in Environmental Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.