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
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
Camila Alberti
Senior Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Angelo E. Angel Gomez
Grants and Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
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
Bruna Beloso
Senior Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Cynthia Blank
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI 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
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
Agostinha Depina
Budget Development & Proposal Risk Associate, 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
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil
Daniel da Silva Francisco
Urban Adaptation Intern
Edson Vargas Guimarães
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leticia Hirosue
Senior Urban Adaptation Analyst
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
Robin King
Director of Knowledge Capture & Collaboration, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Pablo Lazo Elizondo
Director, Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lucas Franco Lima
Transport Decarbonization Analyst
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Luis Antonio Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anne Maassen
Senior Urban Research, Knowledge & Learning Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Felipe Perez Martinez
Pleno Events Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Paloma Martins
Transport Decarbonization Analyst II, WRI Brasil
Reynaldo Mello Neto
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
