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
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Andrew deSouza
Senior Research Analyst, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Madhavi Ganeshan
Chief of Staff, Executive Office
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Srikant Mahanty
Associate Director, Global IT and Communications
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Devika Malvankar
International HR Partner, WRI India
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Peter Potapov
Satellite Interpretation Researcher
Khushal Rajpurohit
Accounts Operations Associate, WRI India
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
