U.S. Climate Policy Resource Center
Experts & Staff
Program Experts & Staff
Natalia Akopian
Policy & Government Affairs Associate
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal
Lori Bird
Director, US Energy Program
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Jennifer Chen
Senior Manager, Clean Energy
Christina DeConcini
Director, Government Affairs
Carrie Dellesky
Program and Outreach Manager, Carbon Removal and Industrial Innovation
Audrey Denvir
Research Associate, U.S. Lands
Sue Gander
Director, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ankita Gangotra
Senior Manager, Industrial Decarbonization
Karl Hausker
Senior Fellow
Matt Herbert
Communications Manager, Climate Program, WRI US
Joel Jaeger
Senior Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Kevin Kennedy
Senior Fellow, U.S. Climate Initiative
Katie Lebling
Senior Associate, Carbon Removal
Haley Leslie-Bole
Senior Manager, US Lands and Climate
Michelle Levinson
Senior Manager, eMobility Finance & Policy
Katrina McLaughlin
Clean Energy Associate
Jennifer Rennicks
Deputy Director, Government Affairs
Katherine Roboff
Deputy Director, External Affairs, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Lacey Shaver
Senior Manager, City Clean Energy
Rajat Shrestha
Research Associate
Meredith Wagner
Development Associate
Carla Walker
US Director, Environmental Justice and Equity
Emmett Werthmann
Research & Engagement Associate
Debbie Weyl
Deputy Director, WRI United States
Ryan Whittemore
Energy and Engagement Analyst
