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
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jelena Bukin
Senior Accountant
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
Penny Cross
Director of Strategic Communications, FOLU
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Kiyomi de Zoysa
Engagement Specialist, Allied for Climate Transformation
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Cynthia Elliott
Senior Associate, Climate Policy
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
W. Briana Fowler-Puja
Research Associate, U.S.-International Engagement
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Hannah Harasaki
Project Manager, Connective Mobility
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Zhaoqianyi (Zhao) Ji
Research Analyst, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Zac Lowndes-Bull
Senior Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations
Christine Luttmer
Project Manager, Country Engagement, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Anne Maassen
Senior Urban Research, Knowledge & Learning Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Dimitris Mentis
Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Kirian Mischke-Reeds
Research Analyst, Raising National Climate Ambition
Ryan O'Connor
Knowledge Tools Associate, NDC Partnership
Henk Ovink
Executive Director Global Commission on the Economics of Water
David Pérez-Barbosa
Global Data Coordinator
Danielle Riedl
Research Associate I, WRI U.S.
Akansha Saklani
Data, AI and India Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Sangeetha Sarma
Director of Communications and Engagement
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Jannik Schulz
Development Intern
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Alexander Simpkins
Communications Specialist, National Climate Action (NCA)
Raisa de Castro Soares
Senior Analyst of Integrated Climate Action, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Martin Sommerschuh
Senior Manager, Partnerships and Impact, Global Nature Watch
Gregory Taff
Director of Research and Data Integrity
