Experts & Staff

Leadership

Andrew Steer President and CEO	Manish Bapna Executive Vice President and Managing Director	Steve Barker CFO, VP Finance & Administration
Lailai Li China Country Director	Liz Cook Vice President for Institutional Strategy & Development	Robin Murphy Vice President for External Relations
Janet Ranganathan Vice President for Science and Research	Holger Dalkmann Director, EMBARQ	Craig Hanson Director, People & Ecosystems Program
Kirsty Jenkinson Director, Markets & Enterprise Program	Jennifer Morgan Director, Climate and Energy Program	Peter Veit Acting Program Director/Project Manager for the Equity, Poverty and Environment Initiative
Shailesh Sreedharan Operations Director, WRI India

Climate & Energy

Jennifer Morgan Director, Climate and Energy Program	Vivek Adhia Senior Associate, WRI India	Paul J. Allen Senior Fellow, US Climate Policy
Francisco Almendra Associate	Nate Aden Research Fellow	Siddarthan Balasubramania Director, Major Emerging Economies Initiative
Priya Barua Associate	Wendi Bevins Research Assistant	Pankaj Bhatia Director, GHG Protocol
Nicholas Bianco Senior Associate	James Bradbury Senior Associate	Benedict Buckley Research Analyst
Meg Burton International Objective Coordinator	Natalie Bushell Development Manager & China Projects Liaison	Sara-Katherine Coxon Objective Coordinator
Cynthia Cummis Manager of GHG Protocol Product and Value Chain Initiative	Yamide Dagnet Senior Associate	Thomas Damassa Senior Associate
Kate DeAngelis Research Assistant	Ayesha Dinshaw Research Analyst	Aarjan Dixit Associate I
Laura Draucker Senior Associate & Sustainability Manager	Samah Elsayed Research Analyst	Jared Finnegan Research Analyst
Wee Kean Fong Senior Associate	Sarah Forbes Senior Associate	Taryn Fransen Project Director, Open Climate Network
Greg Fuhs Senior Communications Associate	Rebecca Gasper Research Assistant, U.S. Climate Objective	Raquel Gonzalez Financial Manager, MAPT Project
Xiaoqian Jiang Research Analyst	Paul Joffe Senior Foreign Policy Counsel	Benjamin Jones Administrative Coordinator
Kevin Kennedy Director, U.S. Climate Initiative	Stacy Kotorac Project Coordinator/Research Assistant	Benoit Lefevre Senior Associate, Transport and Climate
Kelly Levin Senior Associate	Heather McGray Co-Director, Vulnerability and Adaptation Initiative	Kristin Meek Associate
Apurba Mitra Assistant Project Manager, MAPT	Michael Obeiter Senior Associate	Tara Parthasarathy Associate
David Rich Senior Associate	Stephen Russell Senior Associate	Johan Schaar Co-Director, Vulnerability and Adaptation Initiative
Luke Schoen Associate	Deborah Seligsohn Principal Advisor, China Climate and Energy Program	Xiaoyu Shi Associate
Neelam Singh Associate	Ranping Song Team Lead, China Climate and Energy Program	Mary Sotos Project Lead, GHG Protocol
Amanda Stevens Research Assistant, Sustainability Initiative	Pieter Terpstra Senior Associate	Dennis Tirpak Principal Advisor
Ryan Weber Operations Manager	Lutz Weischer Research Analyst	Ailun Yang Senior Associate

EMBARQ (Sustainable Transportation)

Holger Dalkmann Director, EMBARQ	Clayton Lane Chief Operating Officer, EMBARQ	Vivek Adhia Senior Associate, WRI India
Claudia Adriazola Director, Health & Road Safety Program	Suelen Agraviador Executive Assistant	Aileen Carrigan Senior Associate
Benoit Colin Communications and Marketing Manager, EMBARQ	Erin Cooper Research Analyst, EMBARQ	Larissa Da Silva Operations & Development Manager
Carrie Dellesky Program Coordinator II, EMBARQ	Nicolae Duduta Associate Transport Planner	Tina Duong Development Director, EMBARQ
Luis Gutierrez Latin America Strategic Director	Robin King Urban Development & Accessibility Director	Benoit Lefevre Senior Associate, Transport and Climate
Aaron Minnick Project Coordinator II, Health & Road Safety Program	Sapna Mulki Program Coordinator II	Pawan Mulukutla Project Manager - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India
Matthew Raifman Associate, Strategy and Management	Lubaina Rangwala Associate-Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Allison Slaughter Operations Manager
Rhys Thom Information and Innovation Director, EMBARQ	Terra Virsilas Program Coordinator II, EMBARQ	Ben Welle Assistant Project Manager, Health and Road Safety
Heshuang Zeng Research Analyst	Jorge Jara Executive Director of EMBARQ Andino	Sybil Settlemyre Project Coordinator, EMBARQ Andino
Toni Lindau Director of EMBARQ Brasil	Madhav Pai Director of EMBARQ India	Prashanth Bachu Project Manager - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India
Amit Bhatt Strategy Head - Integrated Urban Transport, EMBARQ India	Vivek Chandran Associate – Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Nikhil Chaudhary Associate – Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India
Himadri Das Program Manager – Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Chhavi Dhingra Program Manager - Capacity Building, EMBARQ India	Umang Jain Associate - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India
Divya Kottadiel Program Manager - Communications and Marketing, EMBARQ India	Anjali Mahendra Strategy Head, Research and Practice, EMBARQ India	Sudeept Maiti Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India
Akshay Mani Project Manager – Urban Transport, EMBARQ India	Binoy Mascarenhas Associate - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India	Rejeet Mathews Project Manager - Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India
Neha Mungekar Associate – Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Ashwin Prabhu Associate - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India	Arnab Roy Associate – Urban Transport, EMBARQ India
Sonal Shah Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Srikanth Shastry Associate – Integrated Urban Transport, EMBARQ India	Anupama Sivan Associate – Operations, EMBARQ India
Sanjay Sridhar Strategy Head – Urban Development and Accessibility; India Country Head – Sustainable and Livable Cities Initiative	Tahira Thekaekara Program Manager - Development, EMBARQ India	Adriana Lobo Director of EMBARQ Mexico
Arzu Tekir Executive Director, EMBARQ Turkiye	Ali Dogan Salva Transportation Engineer, EMBARQ Turkiye	Elif Can Yüce Urban Planner, EMBARQ Türkiye

Governance & Access

Peter Veit Acting Program Director/Project Manager for the Equity, Poverty and Environment Initiative	Lesly Baesens Project Coordinator II	Athena Ballesteros Project Manager of International Financial Flows and Environment Project
Louise Brown Research Analyst	Florence Daviet Co-Manager of the Governance of Forests Initiative	Crystal Davis Co-Manager of the Governance of Forests Initiative
Lalanath de Silva Director, The Access Initiative	Catherine Easton Project Coordinator II	Carole Excell Senior Associate
Lauren Goers Williams Associate	Tao Hu Senior Associate	Bharath Jairaj Senior Associate
Gaia Larsen Associate	Denise Leung Research Analyst	Natalya Lozovaya Program Coordinator II
Sarah Lupberger Project Coordinator II	Sarah Martin Research Analyst	Emily Norford Project Coordinator II
Milap Patel Research Assistant	Clifford Polycarp Senior Associate	Candy Schibli Media Designer
Roland Widmer Senior Associate	Davida Wood Project Manager of Electricity Governance Initiative	Jesse Worker Associate - The Access Initiative (TAI)
Yingzhen Zhao Research Assistant

Markets & Enterprise

Kirsty Jenkinson Director, Markets & Enterprise Program	Brian T. Carney Program Coordinator II	Giulia Christianson Research Associate
Francis Gassert Research Analyst	Charles Iceland Senior Associate II	Robert Kimball Associate
Tianyi Luo Research Assistant, Aqueduct	Eliot Metzger Senior Associate	Betsy Otto Aqueduct Director
Shilpa Patel Principal Advisor, Climate Finance and the Private Sector Initiative	Alex Perera Co-director, Business Engagement in Climate and Technology	Samantha Putt del Pino Co-director, Business Engagement in Climate & Technology
Paul Reig Associate	Tien Shiao Senior Associate	Aman Srivastava Research Assistant
Letha Tawney Senior Associate, Utilities of the Future	Theo Trifkovic Program Coordinator	Shally Venugopal Senior Associate

People & Ecosystems

Craig Hanson Director, People & Ecosystems Program	Nigel Sizer Director, Global Forest Initiative	Robert Winterbottom Director, Ecosystem Services Initiative
Ariana Alisjahbana Project Coordinator / Research Assistant	James Anderson Forests Communications Officer	Beth Bahs-Ahern Development and Operations Manager
Jennifer Bangoura Project Coordinator	Terry Brncic Central Africa Regional Advisor and Coordinator	Lauretta Burke Senior Associate III
Loretta Cheung Research Assistant/Project Coordinator	Caitlin Clarke Research Analyst	Crystal Davis Co-Manager of the Governance of Forests Initiative
Pascal Douard GIS Research Associate	Todd Gartner Senior Associate, Conservation Incentives & Markets	Adam Grant Senior Associate
Erin Gray Research Associate	Peter Hazlewood Director, Ecosystems and Development	Norbert Henninger Senior Associate
Lisa Johnston Project Coordinator II / Research Analyst	Cy Jones Senior Fellow	Lars Laestadius Senior Associate III
Florence Landsberg Research Associate	Mogens Laumand Christensen Senior Fellow	Andrew Leach Research Assistant
Brian Lipinski Associate	Peter Mbile Project Manager, Congo Basin Forests & Climate	Susan Minnemeyer Associate II/GIS Manager
Ruth Nogueron Associate I	Suzanne Ozment Associate	Michelle Perez Senior Associate
Andika Putraditama Outreach Officer	Chris Reij Senior Fellow	Katie Reytar Research Associate
Anne Rosenbarger Graduate Fellow	Mindy Selman Senior Associate	Matthew Steil Manager, Central Africa Forests
Fred Stolle Senior Associate III	John Talberth Senior Economist	Bertrand Tessa Research Analyst/Program Coordinator
Richard Waite Associate I	Sara Walker Associate	David Wheeler Senior Fellow
Juan Abeso Ondo Eyang Assistant Coordinator, Equatorial Guinea	Fernando Evuna Mboro Eyang Principal Advisor, Equatorial Guinea	Marcel Ibara Principal Advisor, Republic of Congo
Josiane Kandaoule Principal Advisor, Central African Republic	Jean Sylvestre Makak Assistant Principal Advisor, Gabon	Roger Mambeta Principal Advisor, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Duclaire Mbouna Principal Advisor, Cameroon	Hugues Bounguendzy Mouidy Principal Advisor, Gabon

WRI China

Lailai Li China Country Director	Xiaomei Tan Deputy China Country Director and Director of China Sustainable & Livable Cities Initiative	Jianwen Bai Accounting, Budget and Compliance Analyst
Wee Kean Fong Senior Associate	Xiaotian Fu Research Analyst to Water Program, China Sustainable and Livable Cities Initiative	Xiaoqian Jiang Research Analyst
Hongpeng Lei Energy Pillar Lead	Jie Meng Assistant to China Office Operations Manager	Xiaoyu Shi Associate
Ranping Song Team Lead, China Climate and Energy Program	Jing Song Project Coordinator, China Climate and Energy Program	Qinghong Wang Operations Manager and Development Liaison, WRI China
Yamin Wang Communications Officer	Hua Wen Research Analyst	Lulu Xue Research Assistant
Lei Yin Research Analyst, GHG Protocol	Ting Zhao Project Assistant	Lijin Zhong Senior Associate, China Water Lead
Jingjing Zhu Research Assistant, Climate and Energy China Program	Ziwei Mao Research Assistant, China Sustainable and Livable Cities Initiative Program

WRI India

Shailesh Sreedharan Operations Director, WRI India	Bharath Jairaj Senior Associate	Pawan Mulukutla Project Manager - Urban Transport, EMBARQ India
Lubaina Rangwala Associate-Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India	Karishma Shelar Associate, Operations and Project Co-ordination, WRI India	Vivek Chandran Associate – Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India
Sonal Shah Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility, EMBARQ India

World Resources Report

Brian Lipinski Associate

Tim Searchinger Senior Fellow, World Resources Report

Richard Waite Associate I

President & CEO

Andrew Steer President and CEO

Aaron Holdway Research Associate and Board Liaison

Rina Rodriguez Special Assistant to the President

Executive Vice-President & Managing Director

Manish Bapna Executive Vice President and Managing Director	Anisha Anantapadmanabhan Associate for Strategy and Management	Vijay Jagannathan Senior Fellow
Sonya Suter Special Assistant to the Managing Director

International Liaisons

Charles Kent Brazil Lead, Sustainable Cities Initiative

Rachel Biderman Senior Advisor, Brazil

Kerina Wang Management Associate, Global Operations & Sustainable Cities Initiative

Communications, Marketing & External Relations

Robin Murphy Vice President for External Relations	Hyacinth Billings Publications Director	Dave Cooper Creative Director
Christina DeConcini Director of Legislative Affairs	Laura Lee Dooley Online Engagement Architect and Strategist	Michael Oko Director, Strategic Communications & Media
Sarah Parsons Online Editor/Writer	Christine Potochny Director of Online Communications	Nick Price Graphic Designer
Hilary Ross Communications Coordinator	Oretta Tarkhani Director, Event & Conference Services	Lauren Zelin Senior Media Officer

Development

Liz Cook Vice President for Institutional Strategy & Development	Rich Barnett Director, Individual Giving and Special Events	Andreea Culian Manager, Corporate Consultative Group
Amy D’Avella Program Coordinator for Corporate Relations	Lindsey Hagan Program Coordinator, Development	Sonja Heiles Program Coordinator, Government Relations
Leo Horn-Phathanothai Director for International Cooperation	Lillian Pena Torres Manager, Development Operations (Associate III)	Chris Perceval Director of Corporate Relations
Randall Snodgrass Director, U.S. Government Cooperation	Heather Sullivan Gift Administrator	Brian Tracy Individual Giving Coordinator

Vice-President of Science & Research

Janet Ranganathan Vice President for Science and Research	Daryl Ditz Deputy to the VP for Science and Research	Ashleigh Rich Research and Publications Associate
Emily Schabacker Editor/Writer	David Tomberlin Deputy to Vice-President for Science and Research

Administration

Steve Barker CFO, VP Finance & Administration	Shailesh Sreedharan Operations Director, WRI India	Tweneboa Appiah-Kusi Assistant Controller
Karen Clarke-Fuhs HR Assistant	Binaya Dhakal General Ledger Accountant	Cathy Donn Special Assistant to the CFO/Vice President of Administration
Arthur Droe Controller	Ronald Esposito Accounts Payable Specialist	Vivian Fong Human Resources Director
Tonia Garnett Assistant Director, Human Resources	Yi Guo Staff Accountant	Nancy Kiefer Facilities Director and IT Manager
Cen Li General Ledger Accountant	Heather Misicko Benefits Specialist	Sheryl Newkirk Senior Accountant
Arminda Pappas Grants and Contracts Coordinator	Victoria Pursell CRM Specialist	Brandi Reed Receptionist
Kristin Snyder Senior Budget Analyst	Jennifer Stanford Talent Management Consultant	Dawn Strong Office Assistant
Devan Tucker CRM Manager	Elsie Velez Whited Grants and Contracts Director

Library & Information Services

Julie Hussey Librarian

Mary M. Maguire Director of Library Services