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
Yelena Akopian
Communications Manager, New Climate Economy
Natalia Alayza
Climate Finance Manager
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
James Allman-Gulino
Chief of Staff, Climate, Economics, and Finance (CEF) Program
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation
Ben Andrews
Corporate Transition Analyst, WRI Climate
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Estefanía Ardila
Country Engagement Specialist, Latin America and the Caribbean, NDC Partnership
Sara Ascher
Senior Project Manager, National Climate Action
Rizzah Aulifia
Communications Officer
Rogger Mathaus Magalhães Barreiros
Climate Finance and Socioeconomics Analyst
Skylar Bee
Climate Finance Specialist, Knowledge and Learning, NDC Partnership
Meg Beiter
Development Operations Manager
Irene Berman-Vaporis
Head of Communications, Systems Change Lab and Climate Watch
Kristin Berry
Knowledge and Learning Intern, NDC Partnership
Luana Betti
Manager of Climate Socioeconomics and Finance, WRI Brasil
Pankaj Bhatia
Director of GHG Protocol
Jamie Bindon
Enhancement Knowledge Specialist, NDC Partnership
Sophie Boehm
Senior Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Alejandra Bosch
Land Sector Associate, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, WRI México
Carter Brandon
Senior Fellow
Rafael Braz de Oliveira
Industry Decarbonization Analyst, WRI Brasil
Raquel Gonzalez Burke
Deputy Director of Global Operations, Climate, Economics, and Finance
David Burns
Director of Governance, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Anna Bychkova
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Intern
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Industrial Decarbonization and Carbon Removal
Florence Cameron
Country Engagement Partner Engagement Specialist, NDC Partnership
Maria del Mar Cantero Guerrero
Economics Specialist, WRI Colombia
Sheela Cao
Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate
Elizabeth Carabine
Regional Senior Expert, Climate Change, WRI Africa
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Carla Carpio
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager
Caroline Carr
Project Coordinator, NDC Partnership
Rebecca Carter
Director, Climate Adaptation & Resilience, Global/US Climate Program
Imane Chafiq
Senior Country Engagement Specialist
Esther Sekyoung Choi
Research Lead, Nature-based Solutions and the Private Climate Sector
Talia Chorover
Thematic Engagement Lead, NDC Partnership
Shannon Hilsey Choy
Knowledge Partnership Project Manager
