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Kristen Sullivan

Audit & Assurance Partner, Deloitte US

Kristen B. Sullivan is an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as its Sustainability Services – Market Insights leader. She also serves as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s Global Audit & Assurance Sustainability Services – Marketplace leader and Integrated Reporting Community of Practice leader. Kristen brings extensive experience in sustainability risk assessment, governance, strategy alignment, measurement, reporting, and assurance services, providing leading client services as an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Kristen chairs the American Institute of Certifed Public Accountants ( AICPA) Sustainability Advisory and Assurance Task Force and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)/AICPA Task Force. She also represents Deloitte & Touche LLP on the GHG Protocol Donor Council, serves as the Deloitte & Touche LLP representative on the TNFD (Task Force on Nature Related Financial Disclosure), and previously served on the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Working Group.

Kristen has authored a number of publications around the importance of sustainability disclosure and assurance. She was recognized as a 2024 Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA) recipient and #10 on the 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders list.

Kristen has more than 29 years of experience with Deloitte & Touche LLP, beginning her career in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Audit and Advisory Services, working in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s National Office in several capacities, and working with the deputy CEO of Deloitte LLP focused on regulatory and public policy matters. Kristen is a CPA (CT, MO) and CGMA and earned IFRS Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential. Kristen completed the Berkeley Law Executive Education Certification: ESG: Navigating the Board’s Role and the Diligent Institute Climate Leadership Certification.