Experts & Staff
WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Christian Aldridge
Digital Technology Director
Will Anderson
Senior Portfolio Manager, TerraFund, Global Restoration Initiative
Bernadette Arakwiye
Senior Manager, Africa Land Restoration Programs
Ettore Arpini
Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager
César Avilés
Innovation Coordinator, WRI Mexico
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Idrissa Bagayoko
Grants & Finance Specialist, STAND Initiative
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Igerha Bampa
Technical Assistant for Open Timber Portal, WRI Africa
Francesca Battistelli
Associate III, Water Security & Nature-Based Solutions
Lily Begg
Latin American and Africa Coordinator, FOLU
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Anne-Marie Belley
Executive Assistant to the MD for Programs and MD for Strategy
Baret Binatlı
Built Environment Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Ondine Brent Eysseric
Executive Administrative Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Laura Bulbena Janer
Manager, Cities4Forests, WRI Colombia
Emer Byrne
Senior Talent Acquisition Associate
Bruno Henrique Cabral
Executive Assistant, WRI Brasil
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
Daniel Cano Gomez
Project Coordinator, Road Safety
Carla Carpio
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager
Imane Chafiq
Country Engagement Specialist
Diana Chavez Acosta
Grants & Finance Specialist II, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Xixi Chen
Manager, Clean Energy
Tamara Coger
Senior Associate, Global Restoration Initiative
Edward Davey
Head, World Resources Institute Europe UK Office; Senior Advisor, Food and Land Use Coalition; Advisor, New Economy for the Amazon and Congo Basin
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Bukaba Dieudonne
PMEL Specialist
Phanuella Djanteng
Congo Basin Engagement Associate, Global Forest Watch, WRI Africa
Achille Djeagou Tchoffo
Congo Bassin Coordinator, Open Timber Portal, Congo Basin
Jason Dozier
Senior Program Officer for Political Engagement, Secretariat of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People
Lucia Duran Aguado
Operations Coordinator, WRI Europe
Esthelyne Dusabe
Project Specialist, Urban Mobility, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rivvy Eisenberg
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Olaf Erenstein
Director Research Integrity, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI Europe
Beakal Fasil
Communications and Engagement Specialist, The New Climate Economy, WRI Africa
Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Data Science Coordinator
Laura Fishburn
Project Specialist
Lucia Fitts
GIS Research Associate, Global Forest Watch
