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
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Sarah Cassius
Research Associate, Integrated Transport & E-Mobility
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Diana Chavez Acosta
Finance and Operations Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bobby Cochran
Senior Lead, Strategy, Policy and Delivery, Cities4Forests
Josh Cohn
Utah Watershed Health Coordinator, Cities4Forests
Natasha Collins
Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Gabriela Cruz Neves de Souza
Urban Development Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager, Global Projects & Initiatives, WRI 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
Adam Davidson
Senior Associate, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Carrie Dellesky
Communications Manager, Cities4Forests
Agostinha Depina
Budget Development & Proposal Risk Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Cities4Forests
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Michael Doust
Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Alex Dumont
Electric Vehicle Technical Assistance Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Esthelyne Dusabe
Project Specialist, Urban Mobility, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Beth Elliott
Communications and Engagement Lead, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ruth Engel
Environmental Health and Extreme Heat Data Scientist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Daniela Facchini
Chief of Operations, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Carolina Faccin
Data Analyst, Cities Program, WRI Brasil
Catyana RS Falsetti
Learning and Knowledge Exchange Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Brittany Fauver
Institutional Learning Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil
Daniel da Silva Francisco
Urban Adaptation Intern
Sue Gander
Director, U.S. Transportation
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience & Senior Urban Policy Analyst
Christopher Gillespie
Project Specialist & Research Coordinator
DJ Gross
Project Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Luke Hagberg
Grants & Finance Manager, Global Operations, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Hannah Harasaki
Project Manager, Connective Mobility
Lisa Hicks
Grants and Finance Associate, E-Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leticia Hirosue
Senior Urban Adaptation Analyst
