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
Pollyana Abreu
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Camila Alberti
Senior Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Magdala Satt Arioli
Transport Decarbonization Manager
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bruno Batista
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil
Mulumar Gadissa Bedassa
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities Program, Ethiopia
Bruna Beloso
Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Cynthia Blank
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Henrique Cabral
Mobility Planning Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lara Caccia
Urban Adaptation Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Gabriela Cruz Neves de Souza
Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bethel Elias Dadebo
Grants and Finance Specialist, WRI Africa
Nii Darko Darko
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Carolina Faccin
Data Analyst, Cities Program, WRI Brasil
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil
Daniel da Silva Francisco
Urban Adaptation Intern
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience & Senior Urban Policy Analyst
Edson Vargas Guimarães
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leticia Hirosue
Senior Urban Adaptation Analyst
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa
Lara Horn
Urban Financing and Economics Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bruno Incau
Financing and Urban Economy Coordinator, WRI Brasil
Adriana Jakovcevic
Senior Road Safety Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Karolina Jesus
Mobility Planning Analyst, WRI Brasil
Adane Kebede
Nature based Solution Specialist
Reynolds Kihura
Data & Product Strategist, Cities, WRI Africa
Lucas Franco Lima
Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Luis Antonio Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Marc Manyifika
Lead, Urban Resilience, Africa
Felipe Perez Martinez
Pleno Events Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Paloma Martins
Transport Decarbonization Analyst II, WRI Brasil
Emmerentian Mbabazi
Project Specialist II, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Reynaldo Mello Neto
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Giselle Dutra Miranda
Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil
Mariana Müller Barcelos
Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Obadiah Kung'u Mungai
Environmental Finance Lead, WRI Africa
Ivy Murgor
Program Manager, Air Quality, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
