Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson is the head of ESG integration on the responsible investing (RI) team at Nuveen, the investment management business of TIAA. As head of environment, social and governance (ESG) integration, Sarah leads a team that integrates ESG factors into investment decisions across asset classes. Her team also sets market-leading standards for all of the firm’s ESG and impact strategies. She leads a variety of efforts related to climate change, including implementation of the Net Zero by 2050 commitment for the TIAA General Account.

Prior to joining TIAA, Nuveen’s parent company, in 2015, Sarah managed corporate sustainability reporting and renewable energy credit portfolios for Green Mountain Energy, a subsidiary of NRG, and helped structure debt financing for renewable energy projects as a summer associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

She holds an M.B.A. and Master of Environmental Management from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics and Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin. Sarah sits on the advisory board of the Yale Initiative for Sustainable Finance.