Experts & Staff
WRI brings together more than 1,700 experts and other staff in working in seven programs: food, forests, water, energy, cities, climate and the ocean and four centers of excellence for business, economics, finance and equity. Our staff and researchers work globally to produce data-based solutions that generate real change on the ground. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
1009 Featured Experts
Global Executive Team
Program Experts & Staff
Pollyana Abreu
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Maria Alejandra Achury
Financial Solutions Fellow, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Acoyani Adame
Program Analyst, Active Mobility
Zablon Adane
Water Program Associate, WRI Africa
Aaron Addison
Grants & Finance Specialist
Nate Aden
Senior Associate
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Dean Affandi
Research, Data and Innovation (RDI) Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Alemayehu Agizew
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Sonia Aguilar
Road Safety Coordinator, WRI México
Kirana Agustina
Ocean & Plastic Waste Manager, WRI Indonesia
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Kyla Aiuto
Research Associate, Scope 2, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Shazabe Akhtar
Research Analyst, Air Quality, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Merve Akı
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
Yelena Akopian
Communications Manager, New Climate Economy
Natalia Akopian
Policy & Government Affairs Analyst
Natalia Alayza
Manager, Sustainable Finance Center
Camila Bellaver Alberti
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil
Cristina Albuquerque
Director, Global Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Christian Aldridge
Digital Technology Director
Sadof Alexander
Communications Manager, Cities4Forests
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist
Júlio de Araújo-Alves
Research Analyst, Forests Program, WRI Brasil
Luiz Amaral
CEO, Science Based Targets Initiative
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Tim Anderegg
Head of Engineering, Data Lab
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal
Will Anderson
Manager II, Land Restoration Projects, Global Restoration Initiative
James Anderson
Senior Program Manager, Cities4Forests
Angelo Angel Gomez
Grants & Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Eillie Anzilotti
Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
