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
Felipe Perez Martinez
Pleno Events Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Paloma Martins
Transport Decarbonization Analyst II, WRI Brasil
Marissa Mejia
Communications Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Reynaldo Mello Neto
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Alfredo Menache
Human Resources Director, WRI México
Tom Meyer
Senior Communications Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative
Elizabeth Moses
Senior Environmental Rights and Justice Associate, Environmental Democracy Practice
Alfi Muhamad
Research and Administrative Assistant, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
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
Amos Mwangi
Senior Electric Mobility Associate, WRI Africa
Charity Mumbi Mwangi
Urban Nature Based Solutions Associate
George Mwaniki
Head of Air Quality, WRI Africa; Country Representative, Kenya
Nadia Shah Naidoo
Senior Associate, Integrated Climate Action
Lilian Nasande
Grants and Finance Specialist
John Wamagata Nduru
Green-Grey Infrastructure Accelerator Associate, WRI Africa
Schuyler Null
Senior Communications Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Cemil Oğuz
Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye
Larissa Oliveira
Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Millena Oliveira
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ece Ömür
Urban Resilience Manager, WRI Türkiye
Gülcan Orak
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
Mariana Orloff
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Fernando Páez Mendieta
Executive Director, WRI Colombia
Madeline Palmieri
Communications Associate, Urban Development & Data, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lillian Peña Torres
Director, Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
David Pérez-Barbosa
Global Data Coordinator
Vivian Plasencia
Strategic Alliances Manager, WRI México
John-Rob Pool
Senior Manager, UrbanShift & Nature-Positive Urban Development
Oscar Pozos
Urban Development Project Analyst, WRI México Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Shiyong Qiu
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Anette Ramírez
Mobility Public Policy Manager, WRI México
Felipe A Ramirez Buitrago
Director, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Andressa Ribeiro
Urban Adaption Analyst
Bruno Rizzon
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Katherine Roboff
Deputy Director, External Affairs, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mario Rodriguez
Project Management Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Laura Beatriz Silva Rössler
Active Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil
