Beth Sasfai is a partner in Cooley’s Public Companies group and leads the firm’s ESG & Sustainability Advisory practice. She regularly advises boards of directors and management on a wide range of corporate governance, disclosure, and regulatory compliance matters, including corporate governance policy and trends, shareholder engagement and activism, shareholder proposals and proxy season matters, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. With a distinguished career spanning more than twenty years at a Fortune 20 company, she is a seasoned professional and a trusted advisor to boards and executive teams.

Beth closely monitors and advises clients on evolving best practices as well as corporate governance and ESG proposals put forth by Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, stock exchanges, and other stakeholders. She brings extensive experience in guiding U.S. and international clients through the complex ESG regulatory landscape, including reporting and disclosure controls, stakeholder engagement, and the operationalization of governance and risk management processes.

In addition to her public companies practice, Beth counsels companies of all market capitalizations across a broad spectrum of industries, helping them integrate sustainability strategies, oversight, and risk management principles. She advises early-stage growth companies and pre-initial public offering companies on sustainability practices that support their evolution into large, publicly traded entities. By guiding companies in embedding sustainability principles into business strategy and operations from the outset, Beth helps them build resilience, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and future-proof their operations.

Before joining Cooley, Beth was Verizon’s chief ESG officer and senior vice president of corporate governance. She also served as a management liaison to Verizon’s board of directors’ Corporate Governance and Policy Committee, which oversaw sustainability, governance, public policy, and reputational risk. Prior to her tenure at Verizon, Beth practiced in the corporate and litigation groups of prominent New York City law firms.