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.

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35 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker

Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa

Agraw Ali

GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa

Ettore Arpini

Program Management Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ettore Arpini

Laura Azeredo

Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Laura Azeredo

Nathalie Badaoui

Senior Manager, Integrated Climate Action, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Nathalie Badaoui

Baret Binatlı

Urban Coordinator, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities

Baret Binatlı

Larissa Bitzcki

Economics and Urban Finance Intern, WRI Brasil

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Ondine Brent Eysseric

Executive Administrative Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Sebastian Castellanos

Senior Research Associate, NUMO Alliance, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Diana Chavez

Grants & Finance Specialist I, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Diana Chavez

Esthelyne Dusabe

Project Specialist, Urban Mobility, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Rivvy Eisenberg

Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Siba El-Samra

Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Research Analyst II, Energy Program

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Jiregna Hirpa

Transport Planner, WRI Africa

Jiregna Hirpa

Leo Horn-Phathanothai

Head, WRI UK Office; and Director, Strategy and Partnerships, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Celal Tolga Imamoglu

Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities

Anna Kustar

Research Assistant, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Leah Lazer

Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Leah Lazer

K. Zé Liu

eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Zé Liu.

Anne Maassen

Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

Anne Maassen

Ethan McMahon

Senior Manager, Air Quality and Chief of Party, Clean Air Catalyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ethan McMahon

David Pérez-Barbosa

Mobility and Road Safety Advisor, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

John-Rob Pool

Manager, Knowledge and Partnerships, UrbanShift

Navva Sedigh

Policy and Financing Research Analyst II, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Navva Sedigh

Saif Shabou

Urban Data & Analytics Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Dominick Tanoh

NUMO Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Dominick Tanoh

Giuseppe Tesoriere

Urban and Regional Economist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Giuseppe Tesoriere

Rogier van den Berg

Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Rogier van den Berg

Wubanchi Tesso Wakoya

Urban Development Project Manager, WRI Africa

Wubanchi Tesso Wakoya

Hellen Wanjohi-Opil

Resilience African Cities Lead, WRI Africa

Hellen Wanjohi-Opil

Danielle Wilkins

Strategy Performance& Development Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Danielle Wilkins

Savannah Willard

Grants and Finance Specialist, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Savannah Willard

Mary Helen Wood

Program Management Data Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mary Helen Wood

Camilla Zanetti

Urban Mobility Research Assistant, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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