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
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Jelena Bukin
Senior Accountant
Anna Bychkova
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Intern
Daria Castro
Planning & Operations Associate, People & Culture
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Chelsea Gómez
Climate Transparency Project Manager
Mohan Kamasani
Junior Operations Associate, WRI India
Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Maanas Nukala
Data Operations Engineer, Data Lab
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Peter Potapov
Satellite Interpretation Researcher
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Pushpanjali Surya
Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Human Resources
Krishnapriya Thirumala
Intern, Deliberative and Participatory Engagement for Climate Democracy
