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
Teite Adukeh
Digital Communications and Marketing Specialist, Ocean Program
Oliver Ashford
Senior Program Associate, Ocean Program
Beth Bahs-Ahern
Chief of Operations, Food, Land and Water
Jonathan Baines
Program Manager, WRI Ocean
Charles (Chip) Barber
Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy
Cynthia Barzuna
Deputy Director, Ocean Program and Director, Ocean Action 2030 Coalition
Clare Brennan
Senior Operations and Engagement Manager
Maggie Brunet
Rapid Deployment Mechanism Manager (HAC for N&P)
Abigail Frankfort
Aquatic Food Lead, WRI Ocean
Sofwan Hakim
Senior Lead, Program Management Unit in Bali, WRI Indonesia
Micheline Khan
Senior Associate, Ocean Climate
Ratih Kurniawati
Project Operations Assistant
Alex Lee-Emery
Researcher, Our Ocean Conference
John Lyons
Senior Communications Manager, Ocean Program
Gideon Misiga
Manager, Finance & Operations - FLW
Lawrence Mottram
Grants and Finance Associate, Ocean Program
Rocky Pairunan
Ocean and Plastic Waste Manager
Tom Pickerell
Global Director, Ocean Program
Charlotte Schep
Grants & Finance Specialist, Sustainable Ocean Initiative
Citra Septiani
Marine and Fisheries Research Lead, WRI Indonesia
Silviya Stanton
Grants and Finance Specialist II
Taryn Staples
Manager of Global Operations, FFWO
Amalia Sudijono
Executive Assistant, Ocean Program Global Director
Paulista Surjadi
Senior Communications Coordinator
Amy Swift
Research Associate, WRI Ocean
Rachel Thoms
Research Associate, Ocean Data and Equity
Maria Theresia Vinetha N.
Project Operations Specialist Senior Lead, WRI Indonesia
Arief Wijaya
Managing Director, WRI Indonesia
Katie Wood
Communications Officer, Ocean Program
