

Global Restoration Initiative
Experts & Staff
Leadership

Program Experts & Staff
Alvin Adu-Asare
GIS Research Associate, WRI Africa

Júlio de Araújo-Alves
Research Analyst, Forests Program, WRI Brasil

James Anderson
Senior Program Manager, Cities4Forests

Will Anderson
Senior Portfolio Manager, TerraFund, Global Restoration Initiative

Bernadette Arakwiye
AFR100 Manager, WRI Africa

Kanchana Balasubramanian
Data Science and Remote Sensing Intern, Global Restoration Initiative

Leonardo Barbosa
Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil

Amanda Barreto Salgueiro
Research Intern, Global Restoration Initiative

John Brandt
Data Science Associate II

Bruno Calixto
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil

Robin Chazdon
Senior Fellow, Global Restoration Initiative

Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Sean DeWitt
Director, Global Restoration Initiative

Jessica Ertel
Data Analyst II, Global Restoration Initiative
Babatunde Fakuade
Executive Assistant, Global Restoration Initiative

Rafael Feltran-Barbieri
Senior Economist, WRI Brasil

Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Data Science Coordinator

Luciana Gallardo Lomeli
Research Associate, Initiative 20x20

Amanda Gant
Senior Manager, The Land Accelerator

Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Maggie Gonzalez
Project Manager, Restoration Policy Accelerator

Mary Gronkiewicz
Project Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Emma Gubman
Land Accelerator Intern
Farid Hakemi
Project Specialist, Global Restoration Initiative

Hidayah Hamzah
Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia

Isabel Harrington
Development Coordinator, TerraMatch

Omar Hernandez Carmona
Grants & Finance Specialist, Food, Forest, Water, Ocean

Samuel Kabiru
Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa

Mahima Kakani
Lean, Design & Systems Thinking Intern, Global Restoration Initiative

Meenakshi Kakar
Associate, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India

Karaya Karugu
Enterprise Manager, AFR100

Danielle Kay
Grants and Finance Specialist II, Global Restoration Initiative

Kendie Kenmoe
Forest Atlas Technical Manager, Data Lab

Joan Kimaiyo
MERL Associate, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa

Pierre-Antoine Levillain
Operations Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Darby Levin
GIS Analyst, Global Restoration Initiative

Ryan Lokhorst
Grants and Finance Specialist, Global Restoration Initiative

Valeria López Portillo Purata
Climate and Ecosystems Manager

Suzanna Lund
Operations Director, WRI Brasil
