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
Hanna Abate
Program Coordinator, Managing for Results
Natalia Alayza
Climate Finance Manager
Marcela Amorim
Junior Research Analyst
Tim Anderegg
Head of Engineering, Data Lab
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Simone Athayde
Senior Research Integrity Lead
Becky Atkins
Global Network Lead, Data Lab
Sergio Baldit Parra
Communications Specialist, Data Lab
Tori Bandley
Product Manager, Global Forest Watch Pro
Alyssa Barrett
Senior Product Strategist, Land & Carbon Lab, Data Lab
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Logan Byers
Data and Technology Community Manager, Data Lab
Lara Caccia
Urban Adaptation Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Grace Canfield
Group Product Manager, Global Forest Watch/Global Nature Watch
Bobby Cochran
Senior Lead, Strategy, Policy and Delivery, Cities4Forests
Christopher Cuevas
Research Culture Survey Intern
Nathan Curtis
Lead Product Engineer, TerraMatch
Audrey Damman
PMEL Associate, Managing for Results
Isabel del Toro Mijares
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch Pro
Emily Ane Dionizio
GHG Protocol Specialist, WRI Brasil
Bridgit Donnelly
Data Infrastructure Product Manager, Data Lab
Eunice Dushime
Product Associate, TerraMatch Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa
Nina M. Dutra
Senior Operations & Special Projects Manager, Research, Data & Innovation
Florença Fantinel
UX/UI Design Lead, Data Lab
Stéfany Ferreira de Lima
Climate Finance and Socioeconomics Intern
Taryn Fransen
Director of Global Research and Data, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Lilyana Gabrielse
Clean Energy Research Analyst, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Dave Garbutt
Global Director, Strategy
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Kinshuk Govil
Product Engineering Lead, Data Lab
Tristan Grupp
Agricultural Data Scientist
Celeste Gunderson
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist
Catlyne Haddaoui
Senior Associate, Just Transition
Sarah Hertel
Knowledge Associate, NDC Partnership
Gabby Hyman
Clean Energy Research Analyst, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Kendie Kenmoe
Forest Atlas Technical Manager, Data Lab
Yuke Kirana
Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Alex Kovac
Geospatial Data Scientist, Data Lab
