Experts & Staff

WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities connects more than 200 experts in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey and the United States to improve quality of life for millions of people in cities.

Global

Ani Dasgupta
Global Director
Adriana Lobo
CEO, WRI México
Madhav Pai
Director, India, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Güneş Cansız
Acting Director, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities
Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jessica Seddon
Director, Integrated Urban Strategy
Anjali Mahendra
Director of Research
Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Head, London Office; and Director, Strategy and Partnership, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Daizong Liu
China Sustainable Cities Program Director, China Transport Program Director
Emma Stewart
Director, Urban Efficiency And Climate
Harriet Tregoning
Director, NUMO
Sergio Avelleda
Director, Urban Mobility
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement
Daniela Facchini
Director, Global Operations
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Urban Mobility and Director, Health & Road Safety
Dario Hidalgo
Executive Director of Fundacion Despacio
Robin King
Director, Knowledge Capture and Collaboration
Nick Godfrey
Director, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Victoria A. Beard
Fellow, World Resources Report
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow
Charles Iceland
Director, Aqueduct
Jennifer Layke
Global Director, Energy Program
Betsy Otto
Global Director, Water
Mark Robinson
Global Director, Governance
Albert Amos
Global Senior Manager, Urban Finance
Elleni Ashebir
Program Manger, WRI Africa
Craig Brownstein
Media Relations Manager
Jyot Chadha
Global Lead, New Sustainable Mobility
Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager for Global Projects & Initiatives
Louise Hutchins
Head of Impact, Engagement and Communications, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Natalia Lleras
Project Manager, Mobility and Road Safety
Eric Mackres
Manager, Building Efficiency Initiative
Nidhi Mittal
Head of Country Programmes, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Lillian Pena Torres
Senior Manager, Institutional Engagement and Development
Nikola Sobot
Senior Manager, Global Fund Development
Sebastián Varela
Manager, Strategy Development & Performance
Debbie Weyl
Manager, Building Efficiency
Jone Orbea
Manager, Urban Efficiency and Climate
Carlos Pardo
Senior Manager, City Pilots, NUMO
Freya Stanley-Price
Communications Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Clay Nesler
Senior Advisor, Building Efficiency Initiative
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Health And Road Safety Project Coordinator, WRI Africa
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist
Ettore Arpini
PPER Intern
Kira Austin
Executive Assistant to the Global Director
Sadikshya Bhattarai
Program Assistant, NUMO
Anna Bray Sharpin
Urban Mobility Associate
Elaina Bryan-Johnson
Financial Planning & Analysis Associate
Lauretta Burke
Senior Associate
Camilo Cardona
Research Assistant, Mobility and Road Safety
Sebastian Castellanos
Research Lead, NUMO; Project Manager, Urban Efficiency and Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Monica Chitre
Coordinator, NUMO
Shannon Hilsey Choy
Project Associate I, Building Efficiency Initiative
Giulia Christianson
Senior Associate, Finance Center
Seth Contreras
Air Quality Associate
Eva Costa
Program Coordinator III & Financial Analys
Adam Davidson
Associate, Urban Mobility
Giulia De Giovanni
Programme Coordinator and Research Analyst, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Carrie Dellesky
Global Project Management Associate
Ayesha Dinshaw
Associate, Climate Resilience
Jillian Du
Sustainable Cities Research Analyst
Travis Fried
Research Analyst
Madeleine Galvin
Research Assistant
Camron Gorguinpour
Global Senior Manager, Electric Vehicles
Luke Hagberg
Project Coordinator II
Maria Hart
Research and Engagement Specialist
Blake Hyde
Program Coordinator II
Joyce Javillonar
Administrative Coordinator
Vineet John
Research Analyst and Program Coordinator
Matthew Kessler-Cleary
Strategy Development & Performance Assistant
Leah Lazer
Research Analyst, Coalition For Urban Transitions
Marley Leitner
Planning & Performance Associate
Kerry LePain
Project Coordinator III
Xiangyi Li
Research Analyst II
Jose Segundo Lopez
Research Analyst, Mobility and Road Safety
Nikita Luke
Project Associate
Anne Maassen
Urban Innovation & Finance Associate
Christopher Moon-Miklaucic
Urban Innovation & Finance Research Assistant
Schuyler Null
Communications Manager
Beth Olberding
Research Assistant
Mariana Orloff
Associate II, Urban Development
Lalini Pedris
Project Coordinator, Urban Mobility
Thomas Puryear
Program Coordinator, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Talia Rubnitz
Communications Specialist
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Associate
Ryan Sclar
Research Analyst
Shabib Seddiq
Associate, Global Projects & Initiatives
Georgina Short
Strategic Partnerships And Engagement Officer, Coalition For Urban Transitions
Hillary Smith
Cities Communications Intern
Thet Hein Tun
Transportation Research Analyst
Wesley Uhl
Project Coordinator
Deborah Valencia
Urban Development Program Coordinator III
Terra Virsilas
Urban Development Associate
Ken Wakabayashi
Data Initiatives Intern
Anna Marie Walter Pineda
Intern, Building Efficiency Initiative
Ben Welle
Director, Integrated Transport & Innovation
Emmett Werthmann
Intern, Global Electric Transportation
Michael Westphal
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance
Danielle Wilkins
Strategy Performance & Development Associate
Victoria Yepez
Intern, Gender & Social Equity Analysis
Alison Yue
Administrative Coordinator

Brazil

Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rejane Fernandes
Director, Strategic Relations and Development
Nívea Oppermann
Urban Development Director
Cristina Albuquerque
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Brasil
Fernanda Boscaini
Communications Manager
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil
Letícia Liechavicius
Financial Supervisor
Paula Manoela dos Santos
Acessibility And Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Brasil
Rita Tomilin
Project Manager
Daniely Votto
Urban Governance Manager, WRI Brasil
Leonardo Agostta
Accounting Analyst
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities
Mariana Barcelos
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil
Bruno Batista
Urban Development Intern
Matheus Bello Jotz
Urban Mobility Analyst
Virgínia Bergamaschi Tavares
Urban Mobility Analyst
Luana Betti
Urban Economics Specialist
Caroline Borges
Grants and Contracts Analyst
Lara Caccia
Urban Development Specialist
Patricia Canut da Silva
Administrative Assistant
Marina Caregnato Garcia
Urban Economics Intern, WRI Brasil
Paula Cunha Tanscheit
Communications Analyst
Luiza de Oliveira Schmidt
Cities Coordinator
Diogo Dias Lemos
Analyst
Caroline Donatti
Communications Coordinator
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist
Manuella Gadegast
Urban Governance Intern, WRI Brasil
Daniel Hunter
Visual Communication Assistant
Aldemo Limberger
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil
Rafaela Machado
Road Safety Specialist
Manon Masi
Urban Mobility Intern
Débora Neves
Financial Analyst
Marta Obelheiro
Road Safety Coordinator
Priscila Pacheco
Communications Analyst
Francisco Minella Pasqual
Urban Mobility Intern
Luisa Peixoto
Urban Development Analyst
Lucila Pellegrini
Urban Governance Analyst, WRI Brasil
Felipe Perez Martinez
Institutional Relations Analyst
Guillermo Petzhold
Urban Mobility Specialist, WRI Brasil
Berta Pinheiro
Urban Mobility and Climate Specialist, WRI Brasil
Débora Pinho
Social Media Analyst
Andressa Ribeiro
Road Safety Intern
Bruno Rizzon
Road Safety Analyst
Ariadne Samios
Urban Development Analyst
Eduardo Siqueira
Urban Mobility Intern
Cibele Soares da Silva
Administrative Assistant
Rafael Xavier
Project Analyst, WRI Brasil

China

Lailai Li
Director, WRI China
Daizong Liu
China Sustainable Cities Program Director, China Transport Program Director
Wee Kean Fong
Deputy Country Director, WRI China
Miao Hong
Energy Lead
Kim Beng Lua
Senior Associate, Health and Road Safety
Xiaotian Fu
Associate, Water Program/Sustainable Cities, WRI China
Hui Jiang
Research Analyst, WRI China Sustainable Cities
Xiaoqian Jiang
Research Analyst, Climate, WRI China
Wei Li
Research Analyst/Transport Planner
Lu Lu
Research Analyst, Transport Program, WRI China
Shiyong Qiu
Research Analyst
Zhufang Shi
Project Coordinator, WRI China Sustainable Cities
Su Song
Research Associate
Yuan Wang
Research Assistant And Program Coordinator, Water, WRI China
Jiao Wang
Associate II, Water
Wenyi Xi
Research Assistant, Climate, WRI China
Lulu Xue
Research Associate, WRI China
Fei Ye
Communications Officer
Min Yuan
Research Associate, Energy, WRI China
Mofan Zhang
Research Assistant, Energy, WRI China
Ting Zhao
Project Coordinator, WRI China Sustainable Cities

India

OP Agarwal
CEO, WRI India
Madhav Pai
Director, India, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Amit Bhatt
Director of Integrated Urban Transport, WRI India
Dnyanada Deshpande
Strategy Head - Communications
Jaya Dhindaw
Director, Integrated Urban Development Program
Binoy Mascarenhas
Head, Urban Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Head, Urban Development
Pawan Mulukutla
Head of Integrated Transport
Ajay Nagpure
Head, Air Pollution, WRI India
Tahira Thekaekara
Strategy Head - Institutional Development
Dhawal Ashar
Manager, Urban Transport and Road Safety
Nandini Chandrasekaran
Manager - Capacity Building
Chhavi Dhingra
Manager – Sustainable Transport
Sahana Goswami
Manager
Tanushri Gupte
Manager, Urban Transport and Road Safety
Nitya Kaushik
Manager, Communications
Divya Kottadiel
Manager – Marketing and Communications
Sarika Panda Bhatt
Manager - Cities And Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Knowledge Manager
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport
Radha Chanchani
Managing Associate - Research and Practice
Prayash Giria
Senior Project Associate - Capacity Building
Harshita Jamba
Project Associate
Chaitanya Kanuri
Research Analyst, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Sonal Karia
Senior Project Associate – Operations, WRI India
Azra Khan
Project Associate - Cities and Transport
Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Managing Associate - Urban Development And Accessibility
Sudeept Maiti
Senior Project Associate – Urban Development and Accessibility
Rajeev Malagi
Project Associate, Urban Development and Accessibility
Sumedha Malaviya
Senior Project Associate, Energy Efficiency, WRI India
Tanuka Mukherjee
Associate - Marketing And Communications, WRI India
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Project Associate
Surya Prakash
Managing Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility
Anand Ramachandran
Project Associate, Operations
Vishal Ramprasad
Senior Project Associate
Lubaina Rangwala
Managing Associate, Climate Resilience
Bhavay Sharma
Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India
Ojas Shetty
Project Associate, WRI India
Priyanka Sulkhlan
Senior Project Associate, Cities & Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Rohit Tak
Senior Project Associate, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Roshni Thomas
Senior Project Associate - Institutional Development, WRI India
Aanal Trivedi
Personal Assistant To CEO, WRI India
Priyanka Vasudevan
Senior Project Associate, Urban Transport
Sunita Vaswani
Senior Project Associate – Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Aparna Vijaykumar
Project Associate - Urban Transport & Road Safety
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Lead, Urban Development

Mexico

Adriana Lobo
CEO, WRI México
Fernando Páez
Chief Operations Officer, WRI México
Gustavo Zacarías
Director of Finances and Administration, WRI México
Angélica Vesga
Director of Communication and Public Affairs, WRI México
Lorena Baca
Director of Development, WRI México
Marco Priego
Director of Urban Mobility, WRI México
Jorge Macías
Director of Urban Development and Accessibility, WRI México
Andrés Flores Montalvo
Climate and Energy Director, WRI México
Alfredo Menache
Human Resources Director, WRI México
Céline Jacquin
Manager of Research and Development, WRI México
Saúl Alveano
Road Safety Manager, WRI México
Mariana Campos
Urban Development Manager, WRI México
Beatriz Cardenas
Air Quality Manager, WRI Mexico
Iván De La Lanza
Active Mobility Manager, WRI México
Ariel Govea
Manager of Regulation and Urban Normativity, WRI México
Ana Gabriela Morales
Manager of Water Management and Urban Resilience, WRI México
Anette Ramírez
Mobility Public Policy Manager, WRI México
Graciela Reséndiz
Human Resources Manager, WRI México
Marco Antonio Villalobos
Energy Efficiency Manager, WRI México
Lilia Yee
Innovation Manager, WRI México
Sonia Aguilar
Road Safety Coordinator, WRI México
Mauricio Brito
Urban Development Analyst, WRI México
Mariana Bulos
Coordinator of Transportation Planning, WRI México
Esmeralda Carranza
Accountant Analyst, WRI México
Aldo Cerezo
Senior Analyst in Integrated Transportation Systems, WRI México
Karen Demerutis
Strategic Alliances Analyst, WRI México
Sergio Duarte
Air Quality Coordinator, WRI México
David Escalante
Transport Planning and Operation Manager, WRI México
Eliseo Gasca
Communication and Marketing Coordinator, WRI México
Juan Carlos Hernández
Mass Urban Transport Systems Analyst, WRI México
Valeria Hurtado
Coordinator of Management and Development of Local Capacities, WRI México
Alejandro López
Information Systems And Technologies Coordinator, WRI Mexico
Estefanía Martínez
External Communication Coordinator, WRI México
Tannia Medina
Liaison and Cities Network Coordinator, WRI México
Octavio Molina
Energy Efficiency Coordinator, WRI México
Leticia Murrieta
Special Events Coordinator, WRI México
Aline Nolasco
Project Management Analyst, WRI México
Vivian Plasencia
Coordinator of Strategic Alliances, WRI México
Miguel Ríos
Road Safety Analyst, WRI México
Rocío Rodríguez
Executive Office Advisor, WRI México
Yolanda Romero
Assistant to the Chief Operations Officer, WRI México
Sergio Solís
Technical Mobility Specialist, WRI México
Dayana Tovar
Material Resources and General Services Coordinator, WRI México
Santiago Vázquez
Urban Development Analyst, WRI México
Erika Vilchis
Graphic Designer, WRI México