SEC’s Leading ESG Advocate Lee Headed to New York University (1)

SEC Commissioner Allison Lee, who helped make ESG a top agency priority, will teach at the New York University School of Law after her expected departure this summer.

Lee will be appointed an adjunct professor and senior fellow at the law school’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance, teaching a seminar on law and business in the fall, a school official confirmed Thursday.

She announced earlier this year she would leave the Securities and Exchange Commission, following the Senate confirmation of a successor. Jaime Lizarraga, the nominee for Lee’s seat, won Senate approval Thursday.

Lee, a Democrat, became ...