
Restore Local
Experts & Staff
Leadership

Program Experts & Staff
Will Anderson
Senior Portfolio Manager, TerraFund, Global Restoration Initiative

Bernadette Arakwiye
Senior Manager, Africa Land Restoration Programs

John Brandt
Data Science Associate II

Tom Bremerkamp
Lead Designer, Restore Local

Fabiana Chamis
Land Accelerator Coordinator

Susan Chomba
Director of Vital Landscapes, WRI Africa

Sean DeWitt
Director, Global Restoration Initiative

Amanda Gant
Senior Manager, The Land Accelerator

Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Elie Hakizumwami
DRC Country Manager

Isabel Harrington
Project & Engagement Specialist II

Celestin Hirwandame
Land Accelerator Manager, Restore Local Program, Lake Kivu & Rusizi River Basin
Samuel Kabiru
Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa

Karaya Karugu
Enterprise Manager, AFR100

Liza LePage
Product Manager, TerraMatch

Pierre-Antoine Levillain
Operations Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Darby Levin
GIS Analyst, Global Restoration Initiative

Dow Martin
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Christine Mboya
Communications Specialist, Restore Local, Greater Rift Valley Landscape

Mercy Mulanga
Gender and Social Equity Associate

Jared Messinger
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Thacien Munyamahame
Community Coordinator, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa

Gilbert Muvunankiko
Communications Manager, Restoration, WRI Africa

Peter Ndunda
Senior Associate, AFR100, Global Restoration Initiative
Kevin Nfor Ntani
GIS Associate, TerraMatch, Cameroon

Lawrence Ng'ang'a
AFR100 Restoration Monitoring Associate, WRI Africa

Spencer Ng’oma
Manager I, WRI Africa
Peter Ntaganda
Restore Local Program Manager, Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin Landscape Rwanda-Burundi-DRC

Jean Marie Ntakirutimana
Portfolio Specialist, TerraFund for AFR100, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa

Duncan Okowa
Research Associate, Restoration Policy Accelerator

Edward Saenz
Project Monitoring Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Claire Shapiro
Product Specialist, TerraMatch

Rebekah Shirley
Deputy Director, WRI Africa

Justine Spore
GIS Research Associate I

Neil Stein
Research and Engagement Associate, TerraFund

Jerin Tan
Digital Communications Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Assumpta Uzamukunda
Rwanda Restoration Research Associate

Wessel van Eeden
Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local

Tesfay Woldemariam
GIS Research Associate I
