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
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Penny Cross
Director of Strategic Communications, FOLU
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Andrew deSouza
Senior Research Analyst, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Madhavi Ganeshan
Chief of Staff, Executive Office
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience & Senior Urban Policy Analyst
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Nidhi Gupta
Associate Director, Global Operations
Swati Hegde
Global Manager, Agricultural Methane
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Anu Kadyan, PhD
Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
