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
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Christine Muthee
AI and Data Scientist, WRI Africa
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Michael Orang'i Onchabo
Director, Food and Land Use Coalition, Kenya
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Peter Potapov
Satellite Interpretation Researcher
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Sudatta Ray
Technical Director, Global Clean Energy Economics, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Devashree Saha
Director, U.S. Clean Energy Economy Program, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Hellen Njoki Wanjohi-Opil
Climate and Engagement, Lead
