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. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Skylar Bee
Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Claudio Forner
Senior Associate, Climate Diplomacy
Alexander G. Frantzen
Senior Associate (Scope 3), Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Alexandre Grassigny
Project Coordinator Outreach, NDC Partnership
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Christine Luttmer
Project Specialist, Country Engagement Support, South Africa
Anjali Mahendra
Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ryan O'Connor
Knowledge Tools Analyst, NDC Partnership
Apoorva R
Manager, Climate Program, WRI India
Radhika Rao
Research Associate
Danielle Riedl
Research Analyst II, Industrial Innovation & Carbon Removal
Alex Simpkins
Communications Coordinator, New Climate Economy
Neelam Singh
Senior Associate, Global Climate Program
Leandro Vigna
Outreach & Data Partnership Manager, Climate Watch
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
Tesfay Woldemariam
GIS Research Associate I
