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Gaia is an Associate in the Institutions and Governance Program where she works with both the Governance of Forests Initiative and International Financial Flows and the Environment projects. She is an attorney whose work focuses primarily on safeguards protecting people and the environment from unintended harm associated with financial investments.

Prior to joining WRI Gaia was a fellow at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University. She has previously worked for the World Federation of United Nations Associations, Ashoka, and the Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team in Tanzania. Gaia holds a B.A. in Development Studies from Sarah Lawrence College and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.