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
Hanna Abate
Program Coordinator, Managing for Results
Pollyana Abreu
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Bashaa'ir Abul-Qasim
Help Desk Support Analyst
Alejandra Achury
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Annick Adams
Coalition Impact Officer, Food and Land Use Coalition
Zablon Adane
Water Program Associate, WRI Africa
William Addo
Enterprise Investment Manager, Restore Local
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Alvin Adu-Asare
GIS Research Associate, WRI Africa
Tri Ana Affini
Project Operations Specialist, WRI Indonesia
Alemayehu Agizew
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Shazabe Akhtar
Research Analyst, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Yelena Akopian
Communications Manager, New Climate Economy
Natalia Alayza
Climate Finance Manager
Camila Alberti
Senior Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil
Zoe Aldrich
Associate, Zero Emissions and Resilient Buildings (ZERB) Accelerator
Christian Aldridge
Digital Technology Director
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
James Allman-Gulino
Chief of Staff, Climate, Economics, and Finance (CEF) Program
Julio Alves
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Food Systems, WRI Brasil
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Marcela Amorim
Junior Research Analyst
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Tim Anderegg
Head of Engineering, Data Lab
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation
James Anderson
Deputy Director, Cities4Forests
Will Anderson
Senior Portfolio Manager, TerraFund, Global Restoration Initiative
Giovanna Andrade dos Santos
Project Management Intern, WRI Brasil
