Nate Aden
Senior Associate, Business Center
Experts & Staff
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Program Experts & Staff
Kyla Aiuto
Research Associate, Scope 2, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Yelena Akopian
Communications Manager, New Climate Economy
Abdul-Washeru Alhassan
Research and Strategy Intern, ACT2025
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Julianne Baker-Gallegos
Country Engagement Specialist, NDC Partnership
Melissa Barbanell
Director, US-International Engagement
Pandora Batra
Strategic Engagement Manager, Climate Program / WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Skylar Bee
Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership
Molly Bergen
Communications Manager, Climate Program
Irene Berman-Vaporis
Head of Communications, Systems Change Lab and Climate Watch
Romeo Bertolini
Deputy Director, Head of Bonn office, NDC Partnership
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Jamie Bindon
Enhancement Knowledge Specialist, NDC Partnership
Sophie Boehm
Research Associate II, Systems Change Lab
Raquel Burke
Operations Manager, Global Climate and Economics Programs
David Burns
Natural Climate Solutions Policy Lead
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Paulo Camuri
Senior Economist, Climate Program, WRI Brasil
Sheela Cao
Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate
Carla Carpio
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager
Rebecca Carter
Adaptation Lead, Climate Resilience Practice
Sebastian Castellanos
Senior Research Associate, NUMO Alliance, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Kathleen Cefus
Operations Manager, Climate Program
Imane Chafiq
Country Engagement Specialist
Subrata Chakrabarty
Senior Manager, Climate, WRI India
Shannon Hilsey Choy
Project Manager, Buildings Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Nathan Cogswell
Research Associate, International Climate Action
Katie Connolly
Project and Engagement Manager
Keil Corey
Technical Support and Training Lead, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Angelica de Guzman
Climate Resilience Intern
Kiyomi de Zoysa
Engagement and Communications Specialist, Climate Resilience Practice
Quentin Dean
Executive Assistant, NDC Partnership
Carrie Dellesky
Program and Outreach Manager, Carbon Removal and Industrial Innovation
Yared Deme
Research Analyst, International Climate Action, WRI Africa
Cathline Dickens
Product Manager, Systems Change Lab
Ayesha Dinshaw
Manager, Climate Resilience
