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.

50 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Pollyana Abreu

Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Pollyana Abreu

Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker

Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa

Camila Alberti

Senior Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil

Camila Bellaver Alberti

Agraw Ali

GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa

Magdala Satt Arioli

Transport Decarbonization Manager

Magdala Satt Arioli.

Laura Azeredo

Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Laura Azeredo

Bruno Batista

Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil

Bruno Batista

Mulumar Gadissa Bedassa

Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities Program, Ethiopia

Mulumar Bedassa

Bruna Beloso

Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst

Bruna Beloso

Cynthia Blank

Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Cynthia Blank.

Henrique Cabral

Mobility Planning Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Henrique Cabral

Lara Caccia

Urban Adaptation Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Lara Caccia

Gabriela Cruz Neves de Souza

Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Gabriela Cruz Neves de Souza.

Bethel Elias Dadebo

Grants and Finance Specialist, WRI Africa

Bethel Elias Dadebo

Nii Darko Darko

Senior Urban Mobility Manager, Cities Program, WRI Africa

Henrique Evers

Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Henrique Evers

Carolina Faccin

Data Analyst, Cities Program, WRI Brasil

Carolina Faccin

Bruno Felin

Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil

Bruno Felin

Daniel da Silva Francisco

Urban Adaptation Intern

Daniel da Silva Francisco.

Edson Vargas Guimarães

Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Edson Vargas Guimarães.

Leticia Hirosue

Senior Urban Adaptation Analyst

Leticia Hirosue

Lara Horn

Urban Financing and Economics Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Bruno Incau

Financing and Urban Economy Coordinator, WRI Brasil

Bruno Incau

Adriana Jakovcevic

Senior Road Safety Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Adriana Jakovcevic.

Karolina Jesus

Mobility Planning Analyst, WRI Brasil

Karolina Silva de Jesus.

Lucas Franco Lima

Transport Decarbonization Analyst

Lucas Franco Lima

Luis Antonio Lindau

Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Luis Antonio Lindau

Felipe Perez Martinez

Pleno Events Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Felipe Perez Martinez

Paloma Martins

Transport Decarbonization Analyst II, WRI Brasil

Paloma Martins

Emmerentian Mbabazi

Project Specialist II, Cities Program, WRI Africa

Reynaldo Mello Neto

Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Reynaldo Mello Neto

Giselle Dutra Miranda

Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil

Giselle Dutra Miranda

Mariana Müller Barcelos

Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst

 

Mariana Müller Barcelos.

Larissa Oliveira

Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Millena Oliveira

Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Anna Oursler

Urban Mobility Coordinator, WRI Africa

Anna Oursler

Andressa Ribeiro

Urban Adaption Analyst

Andressa Ribeiro

Bruno Rizzon

Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Bruno Rizzon headshot

Laura Beatriz Silva Rössler

Active Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil

Laura Rössler

Ariadne Samios

Active Mobility Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ariadne Samios