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
Pollyana Abreu
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Alejandra Achury
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Shazabe Akhtar
Research Analyst, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Camila Alberti
Senior Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil
Zoe Aldrich
Associate, Zero Emissions and Resilient Buildings (ZERB) Accelerator
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
James Anderson
Deputy Director, Cities4Forests
Angelo E. Angel Gomez
Grants and Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Eillie Anzilotti
Urban Development Communications Manager & Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Kate Archambault
Operations Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Magdala Satt Arioli
Transport Decarbonization Manager
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Brittany Barrett
Deputy Director, Implementation & Operations for the Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bruno Batista
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil
Pandora Batra
Head of Governance and Diplomacy, CHAMP
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Mulumar Gadissa Bedassa
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities Program, Ethiopia
Bruna Beloso
Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Lisa Beyer
Senior Manager, Nature for Urban Resilience
Clare Blackwell
Research Analyst, Deep Dive Initiative Global Lead
Steven Bland
Chief of Party, Clean Air Catalyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Cynthia Blank
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ondine Brent Eysseric
Executive Administrative Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mauricio Brito
Urban Development Analyst, WRI México
Laura Bulbena Janer
Manager, Cities4Forests, WRI Colombia
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Henrique Cabral
Mobility Planning Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lara Caccia
Urban Adaptation Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mariana Campos Sanchez
Urban Development Manager, WRI México
Daniel Cano Gomez
Project Coordinator, Road Safety
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
Beatriz Cardenas
Air Quality Director, WRI Mexico
