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.
Program Experts & Staff
Natalia Akopian
Policy & Government Affairs Associate
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Jelena Bukin
Senior Accountant
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
Brian Chitala
Investment Specialist
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Quentin Dean
Executive Assistant, NDC Partnership
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities4Forests
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Ifrah Farah
Grants & Finance Coordinator, New Climate Economy, WRI Africa
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
John Jaoko
Senior Crop Data Analyst, WRI Africa
Joyce Kabiru
Global Coordination Manager
Samuel Kabiru
Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa
Lulu Kavishe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Reynolds Kihura
Data & Product Strategist, WRI Africa
Gaia Larsen
Director, Climate Finance Access, Finance Center
Iain Laufer
Program Operation Coordinator, Global Climate Program
Leah Lazer
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Suzanna Lund
Operations Director, WRI Brasil
Maggie Malloy
Operations Manager, Sustainable Finance Center
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Marc Manyifika
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience/Lead Spatial Planner for the program
Tshims Mbala
Driver and Logistics Assistant, DRC Office
Dimitris Mentis
Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Sophie Mongalvy
Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition
Monicah Mungai
Operations Manager, P4G
Jonas Munyurangabo
Policy Analyst, Food Program, WRI Africa
