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
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Alejandra Achury
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Eillie Anzilotti
Urban Development Communications Manager & Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Kate Archambault
Operations Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Brittany Barrett
Deputy Director, Implementation & Operations for the Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mulumar Gadissa Bedassa
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities Program, Ethiopia
Lisa Beyer
Senior Manager, Nature for Urban Resilience
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Bobby Cochran
Senior Lead, Strategy, Policy and Delivery, Cities4Forests
Josh Cohn
Utah Watershed Health Coordinator, Cities4Forests
Natasha Collins
Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Bethel Elias Dadebo
Grants and Finance Specialist, WRI Africa
Nii Darko Darko
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Carrie Dellesky
Communications Manager, Cities4Forests
Agostinha Depina
Budget Development & Proposal Risk Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Sue Gander
Director, U.S. Transportation
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience & Senior Urban Policy Analyst
Christopher Gillespie
Project Specialist & Research Coordinator
DJ Gross
Project Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Hannah Harasaki
Project Manager, Connective Mobility
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa
Ben Holland
Senior Manager, NUMO, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Eleanor Jackson
Communications, Engagement and Research Associate , Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anu Kadyan, PhD
Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Adane Kebede
Nature based Solution Specialist
Reynolds Kihura
Data & Product Strategist, Cities, WRI Africa
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Stephanie Ly
Senior Manager, eMobility Strategy and Manufacturing Engagement
Anne Maassen
Senior Urban Research, Knowledge & Learning Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Marc Manyifika
Lead, Urban Resilience, Africa
Tom Meyer
Senior Communications Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Alfi Muhamad
Research and Administrative Assistant, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Obadiah Kung'u Mungai
Environmental Finance Lead, WRI Africa
Ivy Murgor
Program Manager, Air Quality, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Charity Mumbi Mwangi
Urban Nature Based Solutions Associate
George Mwaniki
Head of Air Quality, WRI Africa; Country Representative, Kenya
Nadia Shah Naidoo
Senior Associate, Integrated Climate Action
Lilian Nasande
Grants and Finance Specialist
