Experts & Staff


WRI’s experts are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, climate, economics, finance, governance and more.

Our more than 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.

1386 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Ariel Govea

Financial Legal Advisor, WRI Mexico

Kinshuk Govil

Product Engineering Lead, Data Lab

Kinshuk Govil.

Erin Gray

Senior Economist, WRI's Global Economics Center

Erin Gray.

Mary Gronkiewicz

Project Manager, Global Restoration Initiative

Mary Gronkiewicz.

DJ Gross

Project Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

DJ Gross

Tristan Grupp

Agricultural Data Scientist

Tristan Grupp

Shuwei Guan

Staff Accountant

Shuwei Guan

Paula Guarido

Project Coordinator, WRI Brasil

Paula Guarido

Emma Gubman

Land Accelerator Intern

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Natalia Ruiz Guevara

Research Analyst, Initiative 20x20/Assisted Natural Regeneration Alliance

Natalia Ruiz Guevara

Eduardo Guico

Facilities Maintenance Assistant

Eduardo Guico

Edson Vargas Guimarães

Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Edson Vargas Guimarães.

Waqaas Gulzar

Help Desk Support Analyst II, User Experience Lead UI/UX

Waqaas Gulzar.

Celeste Gunderson

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist

Celeste Gunderson

Fang Guo

Finance Assistant

Fang Guo

Xiaoying Guo

Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China

Xiaoying Guo

Yuchen Guo

Data Associate, Research, Data & Impact, WRI China

Yuchen Gao

Nidhi Gupta

Associate Director, Global Operations

Nidhi Gupta.

Catlyne Haddaoui

Senior Associate, Just Transition

Luke Hagberg

Grants & Finance Manager, Global Operations, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Ginny Hain

Risk Manager

Ginny Hain

Farid Hakemi

Project Associate, Restoration

Farid Hakemi

Sofwan Hakim

Senior Lead, Program Management Unit in Bali, WRI Indonesia

Sofwan Hakim.

Hidayah Hamzah

Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia 

Mirzha Hanifah

Forest and Landscape Monitoring Project Coordinator, WRI Indonesia

Mirzha Hanifah

Sakinah Ummu Haniy

Communications Assistant, WRI Indonesia

Sakinah Ummu Haniy

Jeniffer Hanna Collado

Regional Manager, Latin America and the Caribbean NDC Partnership

Jeniffer Hanna Collado.

Hannah Harasaki

Project Manager, Connective Mobility

Hannah Harasaki.

Riley Harding

Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate Program

Riley Harding.

Isabel Harrington

Project & Engagement Specialist II

Isabel Harrington.

Nancy Harris

Research Manager, Global Forest Watch

Arya Harsono

Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy

Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Program, WRI Indonesia

Tomi Haryadi.

Karl Hausker

Senior Fellow, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center

Benjamin Hayman

Senior Manager of State and Local Policy for Transportation Electrification, WRI U.S. Polsky Energy Center

Benjamin Hayman

Swati Hegde

Global Manager, Agricultural Methane

Swati Hedge.

Christopher Henderson

Research Associate, Climate Program

Christopher Henderson

Mindy Hernandez

Director, Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action

Mindy Hernandez

Eric Hernandez

Network Administrator

Eric Hernandez

José Hernández

Technical Mobility Specialist, WRI México