AccountAbility CEO Sunil A. (Sunny) Misser
AccountAbility Chief Executive Officer Sunil A. (Sunny) Misser is the newest member of the Board of Visitors of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York, joining 24 other distinguished Board members.
Prior to joining AccountAbility, a global consulting and standards firm, Misser served as the global managing partner for the Sustainability Advisory Business at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he led the firm's sustainability and corporate governance efforts worldwide. Earlier, he held the role of global strategy leader for PwC’s Assurance and Business Advisory Services, which encompassed the firm’s accounting, risk management, and consulting operations. He also led the New York Metro Governance, Risk, and Compliance practice.
“It is a distinguished honor to join the Board of Visitors of the Colin Powell School, an institution that exemplifies excellence, integrity, and leadership,” said Misser. “As someone who believes deeply in the transformative power of education, I am inspired by the School’s mission, its faculty and by the remarkable students who bring it to life. I am extremely grateful to now serve on the Board of Visitors and contribute more directly to advancing this important mission.”
Earlier this year, AccountAbility launched a partnership with the Colin Powell School through the AccountAbility Sustainability ‘S’ Lab, “a collaboration grounded in our shared commitment to developing ethical, capable, and resilient leaders,” he said. Launching in Fall 2025, the initiative will equip students with the knowledge, tools, and experiences to excel as the next generation of sustainability and business leaders.
“We are grateful to Sunny and to AccountAbility for their vision and partnership in supporting our students to become leaders in ESG and sustainability, and we know that he will bring deep and valuable leadership to our Board,” said Richard J. Henley and Susan L. Davis Dean Andrew Rich of the Colin Powell School.
“Through the development of the S Lab, we recognized Sunny’s affinity for the Powell School’s mission and his passionate commitment to our students’ success,” said Board of Visitors Co-Chair Linda Powell. “We are thrilled to welcome him as the newest member of the Board.”
“I have known Sunny for many years, and I know that he will greatly enhance our efforts to set Colin Powell School students on a firm path to success as they endeavor to make a positive impact on our society,” said Board of Visitors Co-Chair Marco Antonio Achón.
Misser earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from M.S. University and his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (now the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science). He has served on the P.C. Rossin College Dean’s Advisory Council since 2020, and was a member of P.C. Rossin College’s Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Council.
In 2017, Lehigh presented Misser with its ISE Distinguished Alumni Award for Excellence in Industry.
Misser also earned a master’s degree in management from the Sloan Fellows Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, with concentrations in international business and technology. He serves on the advisory board of E-Business @ MIT and on Sloan’s advisory board for Innovation and Corporate Responsibility.
Read the announcement from AccountAbility here.
About the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
Established in 2013, the Colin Powell School is home to the social science departments at CCNY as well as the core leadership development and public service programs of the College. With 4,000 students, and graduating the most CCNY students annually, the Colin Powell School mission is to transform the nation’s most diverse student body into tomorrow’s global leaders. Half of our students are immigrants; more than seventy percent are first-generation college students. Eighty percent are people of color. Most come from lower income backgrounds. The Colin Powell School and City College remain among the most effective engines of economic and social mobility in the United States. The School is led by a faculty dedicated to the highest standards of research and to the university’s democratic and public obligations. Read more about the Colin Powell School.
About The City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Lightcast puts at $3.2 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. In 2023, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled “Doing Remarkable Things Together” seeks to bring the College’s Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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