

Global Restoration Initiative
Experts & Staff
Leadership

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

Will Anderson
Manager II, Land Restoration Projects, Global Restoration Initiative

James Anderson
Senior Program Manager, Cities4Forests

Bernadette Arakwiye
AFR100 Manager, WRI Africa

Leonardo Barbosa
Data Science Analyst, WRI Brasil

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
Rafael Feltran-Barbieri
Senior Economist, WRI Brasil

Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Senior Geoprocessing Specialist

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

Venkat Iyer
Senior Manager, Restoration Finance

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

Krista Karch
Director of Communications, Nature Crime Alliance

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 Associate, Global Restoration Initiative

Darby Levin
GIS Analyst, Global Restoration Initiative
Valeria López Portillo Purata
Climate and Ecosystems Manager

Suzanna Lund
Operations Director, WRI Brasil

Salima Mahamoudou
Research Associate II

Dow Martin
Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Jared Messinger
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Thacien Munyamahame
Community Coordinator, Global Restoration Initiative, WRI Africa
