Nate Aden
Senior Associate
Experts & Staff
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38 Featured Experts
Program Experts & Staff
Melissa Barbanell
Director, US-International Engagement
Lori Bird
Director, US Energy Program and Polsky Chair for Renewable Energy
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Alexander Dane
Senior Manager, Clean Energy Innovation & Partnerships
Christina DeConcini
Director, Government Affairs
Carrie Dellesky
Program and Outreach Manager, Carbon Removal and Industrial Innovation
Christopher M. Ede-Calton
Senior Engagement Manager, Land & Carbon Lab
Sue Gander
Director, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation, Climate Program
Todd Gartner
Director, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure
Rhys Gerholdt
Director of Communications & Media Strategy, Climate Program
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Analyst II, Energy Program
Taylor Harvey
Operations Manager - Executive Office
Karl Hausker
Senior Fellow
Matt Herbert
Communications Manager, Climate Program, WRI US
Alik Hinckson
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Huckins
Communications Manager I, GHG Protocol, Climate Program
Joel Jaeger
Senior Research Associate, Global Economics Center
Kevin Kennedy
Senior Fellow, U.S. Climate Initiative
Yuke Kirana
Data Analyst, Systems Change Lab
Dan Lashof
Director, WRI United States
Katie Lebling
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Christian Madera
Global Director for Digital Communications
Elise Mazur
GIS Research Associate, Land & Carbon Lab
Eliot Metzger
Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation
Georgie Murrin
Events and Engagement Intern, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI London
Felipe A Ramirez Buitrago
Urban Mobility Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Devashree Saha
Senior Associate
Ashni Shah
Grants and Finance Specialist II - Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lacey Shaver
Senior Manager, City Clean Energy
Nate Shelter
Senior Communications Manager & Editor
Harriet Tregoning
Director, NUMO Alliance
Carla Walker
Director, Environmental Justice and Equity
Debbie Weyl
Deputy Director, WRI United States
Savannah Willard
Grants and Finance Specialist, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Shannon Wood
Legislative Engagement Assistant, U.S. Climate
Gillian Zwicker
Research Associate I, International Engagement, Climate Program
