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
Bashaa'ir Abul-Qasim
Help Desk Support Analyst
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
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
Imane Chafiq
Senior Country Engagement Specialist
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Rita M. El Zaghloul
Director, High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Fouad Laajine
Urban Water Resilience Finance Intern
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Fatma Mohamed
Employee Relations Specialist
Nada Nassereddin
Project Coordinator, International Climate Action
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
Saif Shabou
Product Manager, Urban Analytics, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jamal Srouji
Senior Associate, International Climate Ambition
Neil Stein
Research and Engagement Associate, TerraFund
Dominick Tanoh
NUMO Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
