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
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
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
Audrey Damman
PMEL Associate, Managing for Results
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Nikita Luke
Project Manager, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
T Nandakumar
Senior Fellow, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI India
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Peter Potapov
Satellite Interpretation Researcher
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Mridula Sarji
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
John Thoppil
Associate Director, Global Operations
