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.

17 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Bukti Bagja

Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Bukti Bagja

Charles (Chip) Barber

Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy

Jonah Busch

Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure

Jonah Busch

Esther Sekyoung Choi

Research Lead, Nature-based Solutions and the Private Climate Sector

Esther Choi

Roman Paul Czebiniak

Director, Nature Based Solutions & Climate Private Sector

Roman Czebiniak

Rizky Firmansyah

Senior Research Analyst for Nature and Food System, WRI Indonesia

Rizky Firmansyah

Hidayah Hamzah

Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia 

Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia

Tomi Haryadi.

Rakhmat Hidayat

Sumatra Regional Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia

Rakhmat Hidayat

Fathir Mohamad

Product Engineering Lead, WRI Indonesia

Dwiki Ridhwan

Land Use Governance and Social Forestry Lead, WRI Indonesia

Mila Khaerunnisa Rizqiani

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Financing Research Analyst, WRI Indonesia

Anne Rosenbarger

Global Engagement Manager, Global Forest Watch Commodities and Finance

Anne Rosenbarger.

Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi

Country Director, Indonesia

Nirarta Samadhi

Rod Taylor

Global Director, Forests

Rod Taylor.

Foni Tungga

Project Operations Assistant

Foni Tungga.

Arief Wijaya

Managing Director, WRI Indonesia

Arief Wijaya.