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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34 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

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice

Ananya Chakraborty

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

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

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

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.

Swati Hegde

Manager, Agricultural Methane

Swati Hedge.

Akshatha Hegde

Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India

Akshatha Hegde

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mohan Kamasani

Junior Operations Associate, WRI India

Mohan Kamasani.

Ajith Kasaragod

Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

Ajith Kasaragod

Vishant Kothari

Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vishant Kothari

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Associate Director, Energy, WRI India

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Nikita Luke

Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Nikita Luke

Tirthankar Mandal

Head, Energy Policy, WRI India

Tirthankar Mandal

Sophie Mongalvy

Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

Sophie Mongalvy

Arun Panda

Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Arun Panda

Bibhu Panigrahi

Enterprise Architect, Global Operations

Apoorva R

Manager, Climate Program, WRI India

Apoorva R.

Anand Ramachandran

Project Associate - Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Radhika Rao

Research Associate

Radhika Rao.

Mrinmayee Ray

Operations Administrative Assistant

Mrinmayee Ray.

Devashree Saha

Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program

Devashree Saha

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar

Energy Access Explorer Intern

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar.

Sabareesh Suresh

Senior Program Associate, Climate Resilience, WRI India

Sabareesh Suresh

Pushpanjali Surya

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Human Resources

Pushpanjali Surya
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