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Grants & Finance Specialist
Experts & Staff
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47 Featured Experts
Program Experts & Staff
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Zhanar Atiyeva
Grants and Finance Specialist, Climate Resilience
Courtnae Bailey
Associate, Adaptation Finance
Catherine Beal
Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Carter Brandon
Senior Fellow
Benjamin Bressette
Equity Framework Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Rocío Campos
Communications Manager, Center for Equitable Development
Rebecca Carter
Adaptation Lead, Climate Resilience Practice
Itzá Castañeda
Social Equity Director, WRI México
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Talia Chorover
Associate II, Climate Resilience
Tamara Coger
Senior Associate, Climate Resilience Practice
Ayesha Dinshaw
Manager, Climate Resilience
Natalie Elwell
Senior Gender Advisor
Keegan Grace
Research Analyst II, Gender Equity Practice
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Bradley Kratzer
Adaptation Finance Research Analyst
Nisha Krishnan
Lead, Climate Resilience, WRI Africa
Gaia Larsen
Director, Climate Finance Access, Finance Center
Dow Martin
Manager, Global Restoration Initiative
Courtney Nina McLaren
Equity Economist, Global Centre of Economics, WRI Europe
Abigail Moses
Project Coordinator, Faith and Sustainability Initiative
Elizabeth Moses
Environmental Rights and Justice Associate II, Environmental Democracy Practice
Mona Nabi
Administrative Coordinator, Center for Equitable Development
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Ryan O’Connor
Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Cosmas Ochieng
Global Director, Center for Equitable Development
Carrick Reddin
Project Manager, Faith and Sustainability Initiative
Katie Reytar
Senior Research Associate, Forests Program
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio
Senior Adaptation and Resilience Advisor
Celine Salcedo-La Viña
Senior Associate
Tjokorda Nirarta "Koni" Samadhi
Country Director, Indonesia
Smriti Singh
Project Management Intern, Faith and Sustainability
Fred Stolle
Deputy Director, Forests
Krishnapriya Thirumala
Intern, Deliberative and Participatory Engagement for Climate Democracy
Ayushi Trivedi
Research Associate, Gender and Social Equity
Carolyn Turkaly
Operations Manager, Center for Equitable Development
