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

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Angela Bekkers

Head of Communications, WRI Europe

Angela Bekkers

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

Penny Cross

Director of Strategic Communications, FOLU

Penny Cross

Gerwin De Roy

Events Manager

Gerwin De Roy

Sandeep Dutta

Senior Manager, Global Operations

Sandeep Dutta

Rohit Eswar Phutane

Manager, Learning and Development

Mohan Kamasani

Junior Operations Associate, WRI India

Mohan Kamasani.

Ajith Kasaragod

Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

Ajith Kasaragod

Zac Lowndes-Bull

Senior Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations

Zac Lowndes-Bull

Anand Ramachandran

Lead of Facilities, Operations, WRI India

Wessel van Eeden

Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local

Wessel van Eeden.

Katharina Wache

Research Analyst, Corporate Water Stewardship

Katharina Wache

Sonja Zantow

EU Engagement Coordinator

Sonja Zantow