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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41 Featured Experts

Global Executive Team

Global Executive Team

Craig Hanson

Managing Director, Programs

Craig Hanson

Program Experts & Staff

Skylar Bee

Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership

Skylar Bee

Angela Bekkers

Head of Communications, WRI Europe

Angela Bekkers

Mariska Bottema

Blue Food Lead

Mariska Bottema.

Emer Byrne

Senior Talent Acquisition Associate

Emer Byrne

Imane Chafiq

Country Engagement Specialist

Imane Chafiq

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice

Ananya Chakraborty

Purnanjali Chandra

Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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Anupama Choudhary

Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports

Pulakesh Das

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Ahona Datta Gupta

Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India

Ahona Datta Gupta

Caroline de Bruin

Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations

Caroline de Bruin.

Janneke de Vries

Head of The Hague regional office and Director of European Partnerships

Janneke de Vries

Michael Doust

Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Michael Doust

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Olaf Erenstein

Director Research Integrity, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI Europe

Olaf Erenstein.

Alexander G. Frantzen

Senior Associate (Scope 3), Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Alexander Frantzen.

Ankita Gangotra

Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program

Ankita Gangotra

Arpan Golechha

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Arpan Golechha.

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Henrieke Jonker

WRI Europe Liaison

Caroline Lesser

Development Director, Government and Multilateral Relations

Caroline Lesser

Tirthankar Mandal

Head, Energy Policy, WRI India

Tirthankar Mandal

Sophie Mongalvy

Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

Sophie Mongalvy

Kate Morton

Senior HR Manager, WRI Europe

Henk Ovink

Senior Fellow for Water

Henk Ovink.

Arun Panda

Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Arun Panda

Bibhu Panigrahi

Enterprise Architect, Global Operations

Mrinmayee Ray

Operations Administrative Assistant

Mrinmayee Ray.

Sevdalina Rukanova

Head of Foundation Relations, Europe

Sevdalina Rukanova

Devashree Saha

Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program

Devashree Saha

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar

Energy Access Explorer Intern

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar.

Charlotte Schep

Grants & Finance Specialist, Sustainable Ocean Initiative

Sebastian Sterl

Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa

Sebastian Sterl

Emily van Bronkhorst

Operations Manager, Development

Emily van Bronkhorst

Rogier van den Berg

Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Rogier Vandenberg.

Wessel van Eeden

Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local

Wessel van Eeden.

Lea Voigt

Intern, WRI Europe

Ke Wang

Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity

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