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
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Industrial Decarbonization and Carbon Removal
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Christina DeConcini
Director, Government Affairs
Carrie Dellesky
Communications Manager, Cities4Forests
Audrey Denvir
Research Associate II, U.S. Lands
Christopher M. Ede-Calton
Senior Engagement Manager, Land & Carbon Lab
Meredith Epstein
Senior Manager of Federal Policy for Electric Transportation
W. Briana Fowler-Puja
Research Associate, U.S.-International Engagement
Sarah Huckins
Communications Manager I, GHG Protocol, Climate Program
Joel Jaeger
Senior Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Katie Lebling
Senior Associate, Carbon Removal
Serena Li
Research and Program Lead
Jennifer Rennicks
Deputy Director, Government Affairs
Danielle Riedl
Research Associate I, WRI U.S.
Rajat Shrestha
Research Associate, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Amy Todd
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Research Lead, Electric School Bus Initiative
Carla D. Walker
US Director, Environmental Justice and Equity
Jennifer Wilcox
Senior Fellow
Sophie Young
Manager, Environmental Justice and Equity, WRI U.S.
