Experts & Staff
WRI brings together 1,400 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 governance. 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.
40 Featured Experts
Leadership
Program Experts & Staff
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Acting Director, Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Varun Agarwal
Project Associate, Climate, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Planning and Performance Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Isabel Bartmann
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Romeo Bertolini
Deputy Director, Head of Bonn office, NDC Partnership
Janneke de Vries
Director European Partnerships and Head of the Europe regional Office in The Hague
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Mercedes Escobar
Consultant in Air Quality and Urbanism, WRI México
Solomon Tsehay Feleke
Senior Economist, The New Climate Economy
Johannes Friedrich
Senior Associate
Carolina Grangeia
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Alexandre Grassigny
Project Coordinator Outreach, NDC Partnership
Thiago Guimarães
Senior Manager, Research, Data, and Innovation, WRI Brasil
Erika Harms
Engagement Officer, Sustainable Ocean Initiative
Bekah Holloway
International Office Liaison, Strategy and Development Manager
Peter Kerins
Research Analyst
Esben Lunde Larsen
Fellow, Food Program
Valerie Laxton
Senior Associate, Development Finance Institutions, Finance Center
Anne Maassen
Manager, Urban Transformation, Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Thomas Maschler
Lead Software Engineer, Global Forest Watch
Dimitrios Mentis
Senior Energy Geographer, Energy Access; Project Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Sonny Mumbunan
Lead Environmental Economist, WRI Indonesia
Ryan O’Connor
Climate Resilience Fellow
David Pérez-Barbosa
Mobility and Road Safety Advisor, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sangeetha Sarma
Head of Communications, P4G
Tina Schneider
Deputy Director, Forest Legality Initiative
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Daniel Soares
Investment Analyst, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Brasil
Yulia Stange
Senior Manager, Global Alliance to End Environmental Crime
Jake Stockman
GIS Research Assistant, Energy Access Explorer
Stefanie Tye
Research Associate, Climate Resilience Practice
Emily van Bronkhorst
Operations Manager, Development
Rogier van den Berg
Director, Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leandro Vigna
Data Partnerships & Outreach Manager
Namitha Vivek
Country Engagement Project Coordinator, NDC Partnership
Lea Voigt
Intern, WRI Europe
Arief Wijaya
Forest, Climate And The Oceans Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Tesfay Woldemariam
GIS Research Associate I
Chendan Yan
Research Associate I
