Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Experts & Staff
WRI brings together more than 1,700 experts and other staff in working in seven programs: food, forests, water, energy, cities, climate and the ocean and four centers of excellence for business, economics, finance and equity. Our staff and researchers work globally to produce data-based solutions that generate real change on the ground. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Program Management Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Zhanar Atiyeva
Grants and Finance Specialist, Climate Resilience
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Julianne Baker-Gallegos
Country Engagement Specialist, NDC Partnership
Sandra Baltazar
Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Isabel Bartmann
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Francesca Battistelli
Associate II, Nature-Based Solutions
Meltem Bayraktar
Urban Efficiency & Climate Manager, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Romeo Bertolini
Deputy Director, Head of Bonn office, NDC Partnership
Valéria Blos
Senior Fundraising & Donor Relations Manager, WRI Brasil
Rocío Campos
Communications Manager, Center for Equitable Development
Mario Daud Neto
G&C Analyst, WRI Brasil
Janneke de Vries
Director European Partnerships and Head of the Europe regional Office in The Hague
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Helen Ding
Senior Economist
Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Senior Geoprocessing Specialist
Andrés Flores
Climate Change and Energy Director, WRI Mexico
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Claudio Forner
Senior Associate, Climate Diplomacy
Nicole Fragano
Program Coordinator, Climate Program
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Analyst II, Energy Program
Alexandre Grassigny
Project Coordinator Outreach, NDC Partnership
Thiago Guimarães
Senior Manager, Research, Data, and Innovation, WRI Brasil
Sandy Henkes
Project Coordinator & Team Administrator, Food Program
Bekah Holloway
International Office Liaison, Strategy and Development Manager
David Bronzwaig Kravzov
Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico
Valerie Laxton
Senior Associate, Development Finance Institutions, Finance Center
Maria Lemos González
Associate II, International Climate Action
Ramona Liberoff
Executive Director, PACE
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Christine Luttmer
Project Specialist, Country Engagement Support, South Africa
Anne Maassen
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
Deputy to Vice President of Research, Data and Innovation
