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.

1093 Featured Experts

Global Executive Team

Global Executive Team

Craig Hanson

Managing Director, Programs

Craig Hanson
Global Executive Team

Adriana Lobo

Managing Director, Global Presence and National Action

Global Executive Team

Moazzam Malik

Managing Director for Global Delivery

Moazzam Malik

Program Experts & Staff

Pollyana Abreu

Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker

Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa

Bashaa'ir Abul-Qasim

Help Desk Support Analyst

Bashaa'ir Abul-Qasim.

Acoyani Adame

Program Analyst, Active Mobility

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Zablon Adane

Water Program Associate, WRI Africa

Zablon Adane

Nate Aden

Senior Associate

Claudia Adriazola-Steil

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

Alvin Adu-Asare

GIS Research Associate, WRI Africa

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Tri Ana Affini

Project Operations Specialist, WRI Indonesia

Tri Ana Affini.

Alemayehu Agizew

GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer

Alemayehu Agizew.

Sonia Aguilar

Road Safety Coordinator, WRI México

Rebecca Aguilera

Executive Assistant, Secretariat of the High Ambition Coalition

Rebecca Aguilera.

Bhawna Ahuja

Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India

Bhawna Ahuja.

Kyla Aiuto

Scope 2 Manager, Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Kyla Aiuto

Shazabe Akhtar

Research Analyst, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Shazabe Akhtar

Merve Akı Yaman

Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye

Merve Aki

Yelena Akopian

Communications Manager, New Climate Economy

Natalia Akopian

Policy & Government Affairs Associate

Natalia Akopian.

Natalia Alayza

Manager, Sustainable Finance Center

Natalia Alayza

Camila Bellaver Alberti

Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil

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Cristina Albuquerque

Director, Global Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Cristina Albuquerque

Christian Aldridge

Digital Technology Director

Sadof Alexander

Communications Manager, Cities4Forests

Sadof Alexander.

Mohammad Ali

Grants & Finance Specialist ll

Mohammad Ali.

Sumaya Ali

Learning and Development Intern

Sumaya Ali.

Agraw Ali

GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa

Júlio de Araújo-Alves

Research Analyst, Forests Program, WRI Brasil

Julio Alves

Anna Amato

Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results

Anna Amato

Ibraheem Ameer

Policy Research Analyst

Ibraheem Ameer.

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Tim Anderegg

Head of Engineering, Data Lab

Tim Anderegg

Angela Anderson

Director of Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal

Angela Anderson

James Anderson

Senior Program Manager, Cities4Forests

James Anderson.

Will Anderson

Senior Portfolio Manager, TerraFund, Global Restoration Initiative

Will Anderson

Angelo E. Angel Gomez

Grants and Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Sripathi Anirudh

Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Sripathi Anirudh
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