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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32 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Bernadette Arakwiye

Senior Manager, Africa Land Restoration Programs

Bernadette Arakwiye

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

Quentin Dean

Executive Assistant, NDC Partnership

Quentin Dean

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Swati Hegde

Manager, Agricultural Methane

Swati Hedge.

Akshatha Hegde

Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India

Akshatha Hegde

Mohan Kamasani

Junior Operations Associate, WRI India

Mohan Kamasani.

Gloria Kantengwa

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist

Gloria Kantengwa.

Ajith Kasaragod

Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

Ajith Kasaragod

Vishant Kothari

Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vishant Kothari

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Associate Director, Energy, WRI India

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Gaia Larsen

Director, Climate Finance Access, Finance Center

Leah Lazer

Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Leah Lazer

Nikita Luke

Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Nikita Luke

Suzanna Lund

Operations Director, WRI Brasil

Suzanna Lund

Marc Manyifika

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

Marc Manyifika

Dimitris Mentis

Lead, Energy Access Explorer

Demitris Mentis

Sophie Mongalvy

Communications Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

Sophie Mongalvy

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.

Klara Nilsson

Senior Communications Associate, Food and Land Use Coalition

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.

Michael Orang'i Onchabo

Director, Food and Land Use Coalition, Kenya

Michael Orang'i Onchabo.

Apoorva R

Manager, Climate Program, WRI India

Apoorva R.

Anand Ramachandran

Project Associate - Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Radhika Rao

Research Associate

Radhika Rao.

Sabareesh Suresh

Senior Program Associate, Climate Resilience, WRI India

Sabareesh Suresh

Pushpanjali Surya

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Human Resources

Pushpanjali Surya

Assumpta Uzamukunda

Rwanda Restoration Research Associate

Assumpta Uzamukunda.
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