
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 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.
Leadership

Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Head, WRI UK Office; and Director, Strategy and Partnerships, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Program Experts & Staff
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Acting Director, Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities

Sonia Aguilar
Road Safety Coordinator, WRI México

Cristina Albuquerque
Urban Mobility Manager

Angelo Angel Gomez
Grants & Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ettore Arpini
Program Management Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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

Isabel Bartmann
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Bruno Batista
Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Luana Betti
Urban Economics Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ana Breach
Utility Engagement Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mauricio Brito
Urban Development Analyst, WRI México

Lara Caccia
Urban Development Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities

Beatriz Cardenas
Air Quality Director, WRI Mexico

Sarah Cassius
E-Mobility Research Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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

Monica Chitre
Grants & Finance Specialist II, NUMO Alliance

Shafaq Choudry
Senior Manager, Global Strategy, Policy, and Engagement, NUMO Alliance

Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager, Global Projects & Initiatives, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Adam Davidson
Senior Associate, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Henrique Evers
Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Daniela Facchini
Director, Global Operations and Program Management, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Gloria Ferreyra
Analyst, Urban Development, WRI México Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Andrés Flores
Climate Change and Energy Director, WRI Mexico

Lydia Freehafer
Research Assistant, NUMO Alliance

Eliseo Gasca
Communication and Marketing Coordinator, WRI México

Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Analyst II, Energy Program

Alissa Huntington
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Bruno Incau
Regional Coordinator for Urban Development, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Eleanor Jackson
Research and Communications Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Adriana Jakovcevic
Road Safety Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Manal Khan
Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities

Robin King
Director of Knowledge Capture & Collaboration, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

David Bronzwaig Kravzov
Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico

Leah Lazer
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
