Nate Aden
Senior Associate, Business Center
Experts & Staff
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42 Featured Experts
Program Experts & Staff
Melissa Barbanell
Director, US-International Engagement
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Alexander Dane
Senior Manager, Clean Energy Innovation & Partnerships
Carrie Dellesky
Program and Outreach Manager, Carbon Removal and Industrial Innovation
Christopher M. Ede-Calton
Senior Engagement Manager, Land & Carbon Lab
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
John Feldmann
Research Analyst II, WRI United States
Wee Kean Fong
Deputy Country Director, WRI China
Todd Gartner
Director, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Analyst II, Energy Program
Matt Herbert
Communications Manager, Climate Program, WRI US
Joel Jaeger
Research Associate II, Climate Program
Xiaoqian Jiang
Low Carbon Planning Project Manager, Climate And Energy Program, WRI China
Yuke Kirana
Data Analyst, Systems Change Lab
Dan Lashof
Director, WRI United States
Katie Lebling
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Daizong Liu
Director, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities & Communications Director, WRI China
Lu Lu
Research Analyst II, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Christian Madera
Global Director for Digital Communications
Elise Mazur
GIS Research Associate, Land & Carbon Lab
Jie Meng
Operations Manager, WRI China
Shiyong Qiu
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Felipe A Ramirez Buitrago
Urban Mobility Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Devashree Saha
Senior Associate
Ashni Shah
Grants and Finance Specialist II - Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lacey Shaver
Senior Manager, City Clean Energy
Nate Shelter
Strategic Communications Manager
Zhufang Shi
Development Manager, WRI China
Harriet Tregoning
Director, NUMO Alliance
Ye Wang
Research Associate, Sustainable Investment Program, WRI China
Debbie Weyl
Deputy Director, WRI United States
Savannah Willard
Grants and Finance Specialist, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Shannon Wood
Legislative Engagement Assistant, U.S. Climate
Wenyi Xi
Research Analyst, Climate And Energy Program, WRI China
Jinghan Xu
Communications Officer, WRI China
Lulu Xue
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Min Yuan
Energy Transition Project Manager, Climate and Energy Program, WRI China
Daiyang Zhang
Research Assistant, Climate and Energy Program, WRI China
