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. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Global Executive Team
Program Experts & Staff
Skylar Bee
Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Mariska Bottema
Blue Food Lead
Emer Byrne
Senior Talent Acquisition Associate
Imane Chafiq
Country Engagement Specialist
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Purnanjali Chandra
Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Caroline de Bruin
Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations
Janneke de Vries
Head of The Hague regional office and Director of European Partnerships
Michael Doust
Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Olaf Erenstein
Director Research Integrity, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI Europe
Alexander G. Frantzen
Senior Associate (Scope 3), Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Henrieke Jonker
WRI Europe Liaison
Caroline Lesser
Development Director, Government and Multilateral Relations
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Sophie Mongalvy
Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition
Kate Morton
Senior HR Manager, WRI Europe
Henk Ovink
Senior Fellow for Water
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Sevdalina Rukanova
Head of Foundation Relations, Europe
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Charlotte Schep
Grants & Finance Specialist, Sustainable Ocean Initiative
Sebastian Sterl
Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa
Emily van Bronkhorst
Operations Manager, Development
Rogier van den Berg
Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Wessel van Eeden
Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local
Lea Voigt
Intern, WRI Europe
Ke Wang
Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity