Experts & Staff

WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.

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85 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Tri Ana Affini

Project Operations Specialist, WRI Indonesia

Tri Ana Affini.

Anna Amato

Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results

Anna Amato

Ettore Arpini

Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager

Ettore Arpini

Firda Astriyani

Facilities, Procurement And Office Manager, WRI Indonesia

Lorena Baca

Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Lorena Baca

Bukti Bagja

Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Bukti Bagja

Sandra Baltazar

Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Charles (Chip) Barber

Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy

Amanda Barreto Salgueiro

Project Specialist, TerraFund

Amanda Barreto Salgueiro.

Francesca Battistelli

Associate III, Water Security & Nature-Based Solutions

Francesca Battistelli

Meltem Bayraktar

Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Valéria Blos

Senior Fundraising & Donor Relations Manager, WRI Brasil

Valéria Blos

Mariska Bottema

Blue Food Lead

Mariska Bottema.

Willy Carlsen

Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal

Willy Carlsen.

Kenny Cetera

Wahana Riset Indonesia Researcher, Forest Legality Initiative

Kenny Cetera

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Roman Paul Czebiniak

Director, Nature Based Solutions & Climate Private Sector

Roman Czebiniak

Helen Ding

Senior Economist

Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira

Data Science Coordinator

Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira.

Fadhil Muhammad Firdaus

Air Quality Research Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Fadhil Muhammad Firdaus

Rizky Firmansyah

GIS Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Rizky Firmansyah

W. Briana Fowler-Puja

Research Analyst, U.S.-International Engagement

W. Briana Fowler Puja.

Nicole Fragano

Program Coordinator, Climate Program

Nicole Fragano

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Research Associate, Energy Program

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Hidayah Hamzah

Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia 

Sakinah Ummu Haniy

Communications Assistant, WRI Indonesia

Sakinah Ummu Haniy

Arya Harsono

Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy

Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia

Tomi Haryadi.

Azam Hawari

Legal Analyst For One Map Initiative, WRI Indonesia

Rakhmat Hidayat

Sumatra Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Rakhmat Hidayat

Julia Kalmirah

Papua Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Martha Triasih Karafir

Strengthening Tenurial Right And Livelihood Business Model Project Lead, WRI Indonesia

Martha Karafir

Gina Karina

Food And Land Use (FOLU) Manager, WRI Indonesia

Bunga Karnisa Goib

Community Coordinator For National Plastic Action Partnership And Restoration, WRI Indonesia

Bunga Karnisa Goib

Yuke Kirana

Data Analyst, Systems Change Lab

Yuke Kirana

David Bronzwaig Kravzov

Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico

David Bronzwaig Kravzov

Heriza Leni

Monitoring, Reporting And Data Management Coordinator, WRI Indonesia

Ary Lesmana

Head of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, WRI Indonesia

Ary Lesmana.

Lourensia

Finance & Accounting Officer, WRI Indonesia

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