James Newsome

Anissa is the Manager of Global ESG Policy at Persefoni. Prior to Persefoni, Anissa coordinated the sustainability program and helped lead the growth of the preeminent ESG legal team at the global law firm, Latham & Watkins. Her early sustainability career had her advocating for New York renewable energy legislation with the New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) and project managing zero-waste initiatives with America's largest open-air food market, Smorgasburg. Anissa was in the first graduating class of the Environment, Sustainability, and Policy program at Syracuse University.

Grant Berry is Chief Customer Officer at Persefoni. He leads the Product, Customer Success, and Climate Solution teams that are enabling our customers to get the most value out of Persefoni’s Platform. Prior to joining Persefoni, Grant led sales, solutions consulting, and product management at Fortune 500 organizations leveraging digital solutions to achieve business outcomes.

Emily is Chief Global Policy Officer & Associate General Counsel. She joined Persefoni from the U.S. SEC, where she served as Assistant Director in the Office of International Affairs. In this capacity, she worked with regulators around the world and advised the Commission on a variety of cross-border regulatory policy issues, particularly on climate and sustainability disclosure. Prior to that, Pierce was in private practice at the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and received her undergraduate degree from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.