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
Paresh Sharma
Senior Fellow, Sustainable Cities & Transport, WRI India
Chloe Shauck
Operations Manager, Supply Chains
Lacey Shaver
Director, U.S. City Clean Energy Transition, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Katherine Shea
Director of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning for the Food Land and Water Team
Nate Shelter
Senior Communications Manager & Editor
Kathleen Shelton
Senior Advisor, Impact Philanthropy
Lena Shelton
Global Board Affairs
John Shema
Grants And Contracts Associate
Guy Shemisi
Accountant, Central Africa Forest Initiative
Zhufang Shi
Senior DEV Manager, WRI China
Kurt Shickman
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jen Shin
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation, and Global Lead of the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Rebekah Shirley
Deputy Director, WRI Africa
Rajat Shrestha
Research Associate, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Delia Shuningtyas Arinda
Project Operations Assistant
Surta Siallagan
Operations Office, Riau Office, WRI Indonesia
Ashna Siddhi
Technical Research Analyst, Systems Change Lab and Climate Watch
Lasiran Silalahi
Grants & Finance Manager, WRI Indonesia
Irene Silva
Accounting Analyst, WRI Brasil
Fernanda Silva
Personnel Department Analyst, WRI Brasil
Karoline Silva
Research Analyst, WRI Brasil
Tiago da Silva Silveira
Urban Financing Analyst
Karen Silverwood-Cope
Climate Director
Soniartha Simarmata
Forest and Land Use Management and Research Officer, WRI Indonesia
Alexander Simpkins
Communications Specialist, National Climate Action (NCA)
Tucker Simpson
Intern, The Land Accelerator
Michelle Sims
GIS Research Associate, Global Forest Watch
Santiago Sinclair Lecaros
Research Associate, Energy Access Explorer, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Yash Singh
Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India
Pallavi Singh
Senior Communications Manager, FOLU India
Neelam Singh
Senior Associate, Global Climate Program
Ashish Singh
Associate Director, Global IT Security, Global Operations
Friska Sinuraya
Head of Operations, WRI Indonesia
Anupama Sivan
Head - Coordination, Executive Office, WRI India
Roxana Slavcheva
Global Lead, Built Environment, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lindsey Sloat
Research Associate II, Land & Carbon Lab
Morgan Smith
Senior Marketing Specialist, WRI Food
Alex Smith
Senior Technical Research Lead, Transmission and Markets, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center
Smriti Singh
Research and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Noel Smyth
Head of Product, Data Lab
