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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55 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Claudia Adriazola-Steil

Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Bernadette Arakwiye

Senior Manager, Africa Land Restoration Programs

Bernadette Arakwiye

Ettore Arpini

Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager

Ettore Arpini

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Angela Bekkers

Head of Communications, WRI Europe

Angela Bekkers

Rocío Campos

Communications Manager, Center for Equitable Development

Rocío Campos

Shefaali Desai

HR International Manager, Global Human Resources

Adrián Flores Aguilar

Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit

Adrián Flores Aguilar

Claudio Forner

Senior Associate, Climate Diplomacy

Claudio Forner.

Johannes Friedrich

Director of Climate Data

Kalpana Giri

Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Kalpana Giri

Alexandre Grassigny

Project Coordinator Outreach, NDC Partnership

Sandy Henkes

Program Specialist, Food Program

Sandy Henkes

Clemens W. Janssen

User Research & Engagement Lead

Clemens Janssen.

Gloria Kantengwa

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist

Gloria Kantengwa.

Valerie Laxton

Senior Associate, Development Finance Institutions, Finance Center

Valerie Laxton
Global Executive Team

Ramona Liberoff

Executive Director, PACE

Ramona Liberoff

Jiaying Lin

Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China

Jiaying Lin

Christine Luttmer

Project Specialist, Country Engagement Support, South Africa

Christine Luttmer

Anne Maassen

Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

Anne Maassen

Marc Manyifika

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

Marc Manyifika

Dimitris Mentis

Lead, Energy Access Explorer

Demitris Mentis

Thacien Munyamahame

Community Coordinator, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa

Thacien Munyamahame.

Bernadette Muteteri

Fund Manager, Circular Food Systems for Rwanda

Bernadette Muteteri.

Gilbert Muvunankiko

Communications Manager, Restoration, WRI Africa

Gilbert Muvunankiko

Jackson Ndera

Portfolio Specialist for Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin, TerraFund for AFR100, WRI Africa

Jackson Ndera.

Jean Marie Ntakirutimana

Portfolio Specialist, TerraFund for AFR100, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa

Ntakirutimana Jean-Marie.

Tina Nyunga

Project Assistant, Circular Food Systems for Rwanda

Tina Nyunga.

Ryan O'Connor

Knowledge Tools Analyst, NDC Partnership

Ryan O'Connor

Michael Orang'i Onchabo

Director, Food and Land Use Coalition, Kenya

Michael Orang'i Onchabo.

Henk Ovink

Senior Fellow for Water

Henk Ovink.

Iryna Payosova

Economist, Climate Action

Iryna Payosova.

Danielle Riedl

Research Analyst II, Industrial Innovation & Carbon Removal

Danielle Riedl

Sangeetha Sarma

Head of Communications, P4G

Sangeetha Sarma

Tina Schneider

Director, Forest Governance and Policy

Jannik Schulz

Development Intern

Jannik Schulz

Alejandro Schwedhelm

Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Alejandro Schwedelm.

Howard Shih

Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative

Howard Shih

Alex Simpkins

Communications Coordinator, New Climate Economy

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