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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45 Featured Experts

Global Executive Team

Global Executive Team

Craig Hanson

Managing Director, Programs

Craig Hanson

Program Experts & Staff

Mohammad Ali

Grants & Finance Specialist ll

Mohammad Ali.

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

Purnanjali Chandra

Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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Brian Chitala

Investment Specialist

Brian Chitala

Anupama Choudhary

Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports

Ahona Datta Gupta

Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India

Ahona Datta Gupta

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Ifrah Farah

Grants & Finance Coordinator, New Climate Economy, WRI Africa

Ifrah Farah

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

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

John Jaoko

Senior Crop Data Analyst, WRI Africa

John Jaoko.

Joyce Kabiru

Global Coordination Manager

Joyce Kabiru.

Samuel Kabiru

Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa

Samuel Kabiru

Lulu Kavishe

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lulu Kavishe

Reynolds Kihura

Data & Product Strategist, WRI Africa

Reynolds Kihura.

Iain Laufer

Program Operation Coordinator, Global Climate Program

Iain Laufer

Maggie Malloy

Operations Manager, Sustainable Finance Center

Maggie Malloy.

Tirthankar Mandal

Head, Energy Policy, WRI India

Tirthankar Mandal

Marc Manyifika

Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience/Lead Spatial Planner for the program

Marc Manyifika

Tshims Mbala

Driver and Logistics Assistant, DRC Office

Sophie Mongalvy

Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

Sophie Mongalvy

Monicah Mungai

Operations Manager, P4G

Monicah Mungai.

Jonas Munyurangabo

Policy Analyst, Food Program, WRI Africa

Jonas Munyurangabo.

Victor Muthumbi

Coordinator, Land Accelerator Africa

Victor Muthumbi.

Amos Mwangi

Senior Electric Mobility Associate, WRI Africa

Amos Mwangi.

George Mwaniki

Head of Air Quality, WRI Africa

George Mwaniki

Peter Ndunda

Senior Associate, AFR100, Global Restoration Initiative

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Lawrence Ng'ang'a

AFR100 Restoration Monitoring Associate, WRI Africa

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David Njugi

Program Specialist, Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE), WRI Africa

David Njugi.

Tina Nyunga

Project Assistant, Circular Food Systems for Rwanda

Tina Nyunga.

Cosmas Ochieng

Global Director, Center for Equitable Development

Maurice Owiti

NCE Economist, WRI Africa

Maurice Owiti.

Arun Panda

Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Arun Panda

Bibhu Panigrahi

Enterprise Architect, Global Operations

Mrinmayee Ray

Operations Administrative Assistant

Mrinmayee Ray.