Ben Welle
Director, Integrated Transport & Innovation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Experts & Staff
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263 Featured Experts
Program Experts & Staff
Emmett Werthmann
Research & Engagement Associate
Elizabeth Jane Wesley
Data Scientist, Urban Surfaces and Extreme Heat, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Maeve Weston
Research and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Retno Wihanesta
Research Analyst/Urban Transport Planner, WRI Indonesia
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
Danielle Wilkins
Strategy Performance& Development Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Savannah Willard
Grants and Finance Specialist, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Joe Winn
Electric Vehicle Battery and Supply Chain Intern
Ted Wong
Research and Project Associate, Data & Tools, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mary Helen Wood
Program Management Data Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lulu Xue
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mende Thuji Yangden
Researcher and Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Coordinator, Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Yaren Yanık
Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye
Yunus Emre Yılmaz
Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Sophie Young
Manager, Environmental Justice and Equity, Electric School Bus Initiative
Alison Yue
Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Camilla Zanetti
Urban Mobility Research Assistant, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ramiro Zepeda
Grants and Finance Specialist I, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Brian Zepka
Research Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Yuzi Zhao
Project Coordinator, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Gorka Zubicaray
Urban Development Senior Technical Specialist, WRI Mexico
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
