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
Vinicius Pacheco Almeida
Finance and Investment Specialist, WRI Brasil
Júlio de Araújo-Alves
Research Analyst, Forests Program, WRI Brasil
Marcela Amorim
Project and Research Intern, WRI Brasil
Virginia Antonioli
Sustainable Food Systems Manager, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI Brasil
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Leonardo Barbosa
Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil
Amanda Barreto Salgueiro
Project Specialist, TerraFund
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Luiz Calado
Strategic Solutions & Engagement Specialist for Latin America, Global Forest Watch
Fabiana Chamis
Land Accelerator Coordinator
André Chaves
Senior Land Use Manager, WRI Brasil
Robin Chazdon
Senior Fellow, Global Restoration Initiative
Natasha Collins
Project Manager, Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Carlos Leandro de Oliveira Cordeiro
Senior Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil
Emily Ane Dionizio
GHG Protocol Specialist, WRI Brasil
Jessica Ertel
Data Scientist, Global Restoration Initiative
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Rafael Feltran-Barbieri
Senior Economist, WRI Brasil
Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Data Science Coordinator
Farid Hakemi
Project Specialist, Global Restoration Initiative
Lucas Lima
Territory Analyst for the Amazon, WRI Brasil
Suzanna Lund
Operations Director, WRI Brasil
Andre Murakoshi
Financial Administrative Analyst
Gustavo Vieira Pacheco
Forest Project Coordinator, WRI Brasil
Ana Loreta Paiva
Senior Analyst Research, WRI Brasil
Sophia Pestana
Data Science Intern, WRI Brasil
Paloma Paz Pressato
Territorial Analyst for Mata Atlântica
Viviane Sobral D. dos Santos
Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil
Ryan Sarsfield
Latin America Commodities Manager II, Global Forest Watch Commodities and Finance
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
James Warburton
Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning Coordinator
Mikaela Weisse
Director, Global Forest Watch
René Zamora-Cristales
Senior Manager Restoration Policy & Forest Economist
