Liz Saccoccia is the Water Security Lead on the World Resources Institute’s Water Team, where she advances data-driven approaches to addressing global water security challenges. Her work focuses on helping governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders better understand and respond to the complex interactions between water resources, climate change, and stability. As a key contributor to the Water, Peace, and Security (WPS) Partnership, Liz supports the development and application of innovative analytics and early warning tools that enable timely, informed, and inclusive action to prevent and mitigate water-related security risks. The partnership was recognized with the 2020 Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Environmental Peace for its contributions to advancing peace through environmental cooperation.

Liz also leads technical and analytical contributions to Aqueduct, WRI’s flagship water risk platform, which provides globally consistent, peer-reviewed data and tools to assess water stress, flooding, drought, and other water-related risks. Through this work, she partners with corporations, governments, multilateral institutions, and research organizations to strengthen water stewardship, inform investment and policy decisions, and support sustainable development in an increasingly water-constrained world.

Prior to joining WRI, Liz served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua and held positions with AidData and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where she focused on environmental governance, data analysis, and natural resource management. She holds undergraduate degrees in Geology and Environmental Science from the College of William & Mary and a Master of Science in Analytics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Liz is based in Washington, D.C.