Experts & Staff
WRI’s experts are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, climate, economics, finance, governance and more. Our more than 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Alejandra Achury
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation
Eillie Anzilotti
Urban Development Communications Manager & Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Kate Archambault
Operations Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Mike Badzmierowski
Manager, U.S. Agricultural Policy
Luke Balleny
Brittany Barrett
Deputy Director, Implementation & Operations for the Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lisa Beyer
Senior Manager, Nature for Urban Resilience
Lori Bird
U.S. Director, WRI Polsky Energy Center
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Industrial Decarbonization and Carbon Removal
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Kathy Cefus
Senior Operations Manager, WRI U.S.
Chen Yang
Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Bobby Cochran
Senior Lead, Strategy, Policy and Delivery, Cities4Forests
Josh Cohn
Utah Watershed Health Coordinator, Cities4Forests
Natasha Collins
Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Alyssa Curran
E-Mobility Financial Solutions and Equity Research Associate, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Alexander Dane
Director, U.S. Clean Energy Implementation, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Christina DeConcini
Director, Government Affairs
Carrie Dellesky
Communications Manager, Cities4Forests
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Audrey Denvir
Research Associate II, U.S. Lands
Agostinha Depina
Budget Development & Proposal Risk Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Ruiyun Dou
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Christopher M. Ede-Calton
Senior Engagement Manager, Land & Carbon Lab
Meredith Epstein
Senior Manager of Federal Policy for Electric Transportation
Mark Falinski
Senior Manager, Power Transition and Decarbonization, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
W. Briana Fowler-Puja
Research Associate, U.S.-International Engagement
Jakob Frederick Harteis
Grants and Financial Specialist
Xiaotian Fu
Director, Food and Natural Resources Program, Sustainable Investment and Finance Program, WRI China
Lilyana Gabrielse
Clean Energy Research Analyst, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Sue Gander
Director, U.S. Transportation
Todd Gartner
Director, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure
Christopher Gillespie
Project Specialist & Research Coordinator
