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.
Global Executive Team
Program Experts & Staff
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Tri Ana Affini
Project Operations Specialist, WRI Indonesia
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Carolina Astri
Wahana Riset Indonesia Researcher, One Map Initiative
Firda Astriyani
Office Manager , WRI Indonesia
Bukti Bagja
Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Charles (Chip) Barber
Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy
Skylar Bee
Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
Kenny Cetera
Wahana Riset Indonesia Researcher, Forest Legality Initiative
Penny Cross
Director of Strategic Communications, FOLU
Roman Paul Czebiniak
Director, Nature Based Solutions & Climate Private Sector
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Rizky Firmansyah
Senior Research Analyst for Nature and Food System, WRI Indonesia
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
W. Briana Fowler-Puja
Research Associate, U.S.-International Engagement
Alexander Frantzen
Scope 3 Manager, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Hidayah Hamzah
Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia
Sakinah Ummu Haniy
Communications Assistant, WRI Indonesia
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Tomi Haryadi
Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia
Rakhmat Hidayat
Sumatra Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Julia Kalmirah
Papua Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Martha Triasih Karafir
Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, WRI Indonesia
Gina Karina
Food And Land Use (FOLU) Manager, WRI Indonesia
Bunga Karnisa Goib
Community Coordinator For National Plastic Action Partnership And Restoration, WRI Indonesia
Yuke Kirana
Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Heriza Leni
Monitoring, Reporting And Data Management Coordinator, WRI Indonesia
Ary Lesmana
Head of Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, WRI Indonesia
