Experts & Staff
WRI Ross Center connects more than 370 experts working from Brazil, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Turkey and the United States to make cities around the world better places to live.
Global
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Rogier van den Berg
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Ani Dasgupta
President & CEO, World Resources Institute -
Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Adriana Lobo
CEO, WRI México -
Wanjira Mathai
Vice President and Regional Director for Africa -
Güneş Cansız
Director, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Daizong Liu
Director, China, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Aklilu Fikresilassie
Director, Thriving Resilient Cities, WRI Africa; Representative of WRI in Ethiopia -
Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Head, WRI UK Office; and Director, Strategy and Partnerships, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Michael Doust
Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Daniela Facchini
Director, Global Operations and Program Management -
Robin King
Director, Knowledge Capture and Collaboration -
Anjali Mahendra
Director of Global Research -
Felipe A Ramirez Buitrago
Director, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement -
Sue Gander
Director, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Pablo Lazo
Acting Director of Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Harriet Tregoning
Director, NUMO -
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety -
Cristina Albuquerque
Director, Global Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Ben Welle
Director, Integrated Transport & Innovation -
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow -
Jessica Seddon
Senior Fellow, Air Quality -
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation -
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance -
Muhammad Shidiq
Air Quality Lead, WRI Indonesia -
Ethan McMahon
Senior Manager, Air Quality, and Chief of Party, Clean Air Catalyst -
Nathalie Badaoui
Senior Manager, Integrated Climate Action -
Justin Balik
Senior Manager, State Policy for Transportation Electrification, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Brittany Barrett
Senior Manager, School District E-Mobility Technical Assistance, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Christine Broda-Bahm
Communications & Engagement Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities -
Shafaq Choudry
Senior Manager, Global Strategy, Policy, and Engagement, NUMO Alliance -
Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager, Global Projects & Initiatives -
Beth Elliott
Communications and Engagement Lead, Air Quality -
Manal Khan
Communications Lead, UrbanShift -
Greggory Kresge
Senior Manager, Utility Engagement and Transportation Electrification -
Stephanie Ly
Senior Manager, eMobility Strategy and Manufacturing Engagement -
Anne Maassen
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities -
Eric Mackres
Senior Manager, Data and Tools - Urban Efficiency & Climate -
Schuyler Null
Communications Manager -
Mariana Orloff
Senior Manager, Urban Development -
Lillian Pena Torres
Senior Manager, Institutional Engagement and Development -
Smita Rawoot
Urban Resilience Lead -
Katherine Roboff
Senior Manager, Communications & Engagement, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Giuseppe Tesoriere
Urban and Regional Economist -
Amy Todd
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Research Lead, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Sebastian Castellanos
Research Lead, NUMO Alliance; Project Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate -
Angelo Angel Gomez
Grants & Finance Manager, Coalition for Urban Transitions -
Pandora Batra
Strategic Engagement Manager, Climate Program / WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Elaina Bryan-Johnson
Operations & Finance Manager -
Yen Bui
Grants and Finance Manager, Urban Mobility -
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality -
Vishant Kothari
Manager, Electric Vehicle-Grid Integration -
Madlyn McAuliffe
Communications Manager, NUMO Alliance -
Tom Meyer
Communications Manager, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Sebastián Varela
Manager, Strategy Development & Performance -
Dan Welch
Manager, E-Mobility -
Adam Davidson
Senior Associate, Urban Mobility -
Nikita Luke
Senior Project Associate -
David Pérez-Barbosa
Mobility and Road Safety Advisor -
Shazabe Akhtar
Research Analyst, Air Quality -
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist -
Kate Archambault
Grants & Finance Specialist, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Courtney Babcock
Visual Communications and Design Specialist -
Ondine Brent Eysseric
Administrative Coordinator -
Phillip Burgoyne-Allen
Associate, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Sarah Cassius
E-Mobility Research Analyst -
Diana Chavez
Grants & Finance Specialist I -
Monica Chitre
Grants & Finance Specialist II, NUMO Alliance -
Ettore Arpini
Program Management Specialist -
Ayesha Dinshaw
Associate, Climate Resilience -
Rivvy Eisenberg
Grants & Finance Specialist -
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate -
Sara Florini
Administrative Coordinator -
Lydia Freehafer
Research Assistant, NUMO Alliance -
Salome Gongadze
Evaluation, Learning, and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities -
Catlyne Haddaoui
Research Analyst, Coalition for Urban Transitions -
Luke Hagberg
Grants and Finance Associate -
Lidia Henderson
Research Associate, E-Mobility -
Alissa Huntington
Research Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Daniel Ibanez
Digital Communications and Marketing Specialist, Air Quality -
Eleanor Jackson
Research and Communications Analyst, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Adriana Jakovcevic
Road Safety Specialist -
Vineet John
Urban Mobility Manager -
Leanne Kaplan
Alliance & Partnerships Manager, NUMO Alliance -
Matthew Kessler-Cleary
Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (PMEL) Associate -
Jessica Kisner
Road Safety Project Coordinator -
Abhinand Krishnashankar
Project and Research Analyst, Air Quality -
Anna Kustar
Research Assistant, Urban Mobility -
Leah Lazer
Research Associate -
Kangjie Liu
Electric Mobility Research Analyst -
Jose Segundo Lopez
International Data Coordinator, Mobility and Road Safety -
Femi Meletoyitan
Grants and Finance Specialist I, Urban Resilience -
Anna Oursler
Urban Mobility Coordinator, Consultant, WRI Africa -
Valentina Perdomo
Junior Data Analyst, Mobility and Road Safety -
Lina Pineda Guardiola
Financial Project Coordinator, Colombia -
Adi Pradana
Sustainable Landscape and Cities Senior Manager -
Kayla Rakes
Engagement Coordinator, Buildings Initiative -
Taufiq Rashid
Research Assistant, Urban Analysis -
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Associate -
Saif Shabou
Urban Data & Analytics Associate -
Hamilton Steimer
Research Analyst, E-Mobility -
Meghan Stromberg
Urban Resilience Project Coordinator -
Natalie Thomure
Buildings Analyst -
Mende Thuji Yangden
Project Assistant, eMobility -
Catalina Torres
Administrative and Financial Project Coordinator, TUMI E-Bus Mission, WRI Colombia -
Thet Hein Tun
Senior Transportation Research Associate -
Wesley Uhl
Project Coordinator -
Deborah Valencia
Urban Development Program Coordinator III -
Juliana Vega
Mobility and Road Safety Analyst -
Joe Versen
Communications & Engagement Coordinator, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Terra Virsilas
Urban Development Associate -
Sophia Vitello
Communications and Engagement Assistant -
Jessica Wang
Technical Associate, Electric School Bus Initiative -
Becca Warner
Communications Specialist II -
Emmett Werthmann
Research & Engagement Analyst -
Maeve Weston
Research and Engagement Specialist -
Retno Wihanesta
Research Analyst/Urban Transport Planner, WRI Indonesia -
Danielle Wilkins
Strategy Performance & Development Associate -
Ted Wong
Research & Project Associate, Data & Tools -
Mary Helen Wood
Program Management Assistant -
Yiqian Zhang
Research Associate, Global eMobility -
Yaya Liu
Global Electric Mobility Intern -
Hannah Ohlund
Urban Mobility Research Analyst -
Camilla Zanetti
Urban Mobility Research Assistant
Africa
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Wanjira Mathai
Vice President and Regional Director for Africa -
Aklilu Fikresilassie
Director, Thriving Resilient Cities, WRI Africa; Representative of WRI in Ethiopia -
George Mwaniki
Head of Air Quality, WRI Africa -
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience and Senior Urban Policy Analyst -
Marc Manyifika
Country Lead and Lead Spatial Planner, Urban Water Resilience, WRI Africa -
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa -
Wubanchi Tesso Wakoya
Urban Development Project Manager, WRI Africa -
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa -
Nii Darko Darko
Research Analyst II, WRI Africa -
Esthelyne Dusabe
Project Specialist, Urban Mobility, WRI Africa -
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa -
Emmerentian Mbabazi
Project Specialist II, WRI Africa
Brazil
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Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Fernanda Boscaini
Director, Communications, WRI Brasil -
Cristina Albuquerque
Director, Global Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Letícia Liechavicius
Senior Human Resources Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Paula Manoela dos Santos
Active Mobility Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Rita Tomilin
Project Manager, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Cristina Bodas
Communications Manager, WRI Brasil -
Ariadne Samios
Active Mobility Senior Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Bruno Rizzon
Senior Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Mariana Barcelos
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Bruno Batista
Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Luana Betti
Urban Economics Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Cynthia Blank
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities -
Henrique Cabral
Urban Mobility Analyst -
Lara Caccia
Urban Development Specialist, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Fernando Correa
Communications Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist, WRI Brasil -
Bruno Incau
Regional Coordinator for Urban Development -
Débora Neves
Senior Financial Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Luiza Oliveira
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Millena Oliveira
Urban Development Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Danilo Oliveira
Digital Media Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Joana Oliveira
Communications Analyst, WRI Brasil -
Francisco Minella Pasqual
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Felipe Perez Martinez
Institutional Relations Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Guillermo Petzhold
Urban Mobility Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Andressa Ribeiro
Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Eduardo Siqueira
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Heloant Souza
Urban Mobility Analyst -
Virginia Bergamaschi Tavares
Senior Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Lourenço Valentini
Urban Mobility Intern, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
China
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Lailai Li
Senior Fellow, Science & Research -
Daizong Liu
Director, China, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Wee Kean Fong
Deputy Country Director, WRI China -
Miao Hong
Energy Lead, WRI China -
Jinghan Xu
Communications Officer, WRI China -
Lulu Xue
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Xiaotian Fu
Associate, Water/Sustainable Cities, WRI China -
Hui Jiang
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Xiaoqian Jiang
Research Associate, Climate, WRI China -
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Lu Lu
Research Analyst II, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Shiyong Qiu
Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Su Song
Research Associate, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Yuan Wang
Research Assistant And Program Coordinator, Water, WRI China -
Jiao Wang
Associate II, Water, WRI China -
Wenyi Xi
Research Assistant, Climate, WRI China -
Min Yuan
Research Associate, Energy, WRI China -
Mofan Zhang
Research Assistant, Energy, WRI China -
Ting Zhao
Project Coordinator, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Yuzi Zhao
Project Coordinator, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mexico
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Adriana Lobo
CEO, WRI México -
Fernando Páez
Deputy Director, Colombia, and Urban Mobility Director, WRI México and Colombia -
Angélica Vesga
Director of Communication and Public Affairs, WRI México -
Andrés Flores Montalvo
Climate and Energy Director, WRI México -
Alfredo Menache
Human Resources Director, WRI México -
Beatriz Cardenas
Air Quality Manager, WRI México -
Jaime Reyes
Communications Manager, WRI México -
Fairuz Loutfi
Circular Economy and Energy Efficiency Manager, WRI México -
Inder Rivera
Manager of Clean Energy, WRI Mexico -
Acoyani Adame
Program Analyst, Active Mobility, WRI Mexico -
Sonia Aguilar
Road Safety Coordinator, WRI México -
Sandra Baltazar
Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México -
Mauricio Brito
Urban Development Analyst, WRI México -
David Bronzwaig Kravzov
Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico -
Daniel Cano Gomez
Project Leader, Road Safety, WRI Mexico -
Gabriela de la Torre
Project Manager, TUMI E-Bus Mission, WRI México -
Héctor Donado
Research Analyst, Colombia -
Silvia Duque
Research Analyst, Colombia, WRI Mexico -
David Escalante
Transport Planning and Operation Manager, WRI México -
Gloria Ferreyra
Statistical Analyst, Urban Development, WRI Mexico -
José Hernández
Technical Mobility Specialist, WRI México -
Sandra López
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI México -
Alejandro López
Information Systems And Technologies Coordinator, WRI México -
Karla López
Editorial Coordinator, WRI México -
Angélica Mazorra
Technical Manager, WRI Mexico -
Marco Mendoza
Analyst of Integrated Transport Systems, WRI México -
Rafael Muñoz
Transport Specialist, WRI Colombia -
Aline Nolasco
Project Management Analyst, WRI México -
Ana Cecilia Perales
Technical-Administrative Coordinator for Air Quality, WRI Mexico -
Vivian Plasencia
Strategic Alliances Manager, WRI México -
Yolanda Romero
Assistant to the Chief Operations Officer, WRI México -
Erika Vilchis
Graphic Designer, WRI México -
Gorka Zubicaray
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI México
Turkey
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Güneş Cansız
Director, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Cigdem Cörek Öztaş
Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Merve Aki
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Celal Tolga İmamoğlu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Meltem Bayraktar
Urban Efficiency & Climate Manager, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Baret Binatlı
Urban Coordinator, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Cemil Oğuz
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Murat Ölmez
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Environmental Engineer, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Yaren Yanık
Executive Assistant, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities -
Yunus Emre Yılmaz
Transport Engineer, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities