Maura Hodge is an audit partner in KPMG’s Boston office. She has nearly 15 years of experience providing financial statement audit, audit of internal control, performance improvement advisory, and related assurance services to clients. In 2010, Hodge supported the creation of KPMG’s Sustainability Services practice in the United States. In that role, she developed the KPMG US approach to sustainability assurance and has led the firm’s largest ESG engagements, which include assurance of use of proceeds of green bonds, social impact of private equity funds, stand-alone greenhouse gas emissions reports, and full corporate responsibility reports. Hodge has focused on facilitating understanding and dialogue between accounting and finance professionals and ESG-focused professionals, which leads to more reliable and transparent reporting. Hodge serves as KPMG’s liaison to the SASB and regularly contributes to KPMG’s views on ESG reporting and assurance through the AICPA Sustainability Task Force and other international reporting bodies.