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
Monica Chitre
Grants & Finance Specialist II, NUMO Alliance
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Caroline de Bruin
Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Janneke de Vries
Head of The Hague regional office and Director of European Partnerships
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
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
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Alexander G. Frantzen
Senior Associate (Scope 3), Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Henrieke Jonker
WRI Europe Liaison
Caroline Lesser
Development Director, Government and Multilateral Relations
Srikant Mahanty
Senior Manager, Global Communications
Devika Malvankar
International HR Partner, WRI India
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
