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
Director, Mexico, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Madhav Pai
Director, India, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jessica Seddon
Director, Integrated Urban Strategy
Anjali Mahendra
Director, Research
Daizong Liu
China Sustainable Cities Program Director, China Transport Program Director
Emma Stewart
Director, Urban Efficiency And Climate
Daniela Facchini
Director, Global Operations
Claudia Adriazola
Director, Health and Road Safety
Dario Hidalgo
Director, Integrated Transport Practice
Güneş Cansız
Acting Director, WRI Turkey Sustainable Cities
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
Ferzina Banaji
Head of Communications, New Climate Economy
Charles Iceland
Director, Aqueduct
Jennifer Layke
Global Director, Energy Program
Betsy Otto
Global Director, Water
Mark Robinson
Global Director, Governance
Juan-Carlos Altamirano
Economist
Ettore Arpini
PPER Intern
Kira Austin
Executive Assistant to the Global Director
Anna Bray Sharpin
Urban Planner/Transportation Associate
Lauretta Burke
Senior Associate
Sebastian Castellanos
Urban Efficiency and Climate Associate
Zoey Cawiezell
Program Coordinator, Urban Mobility
Jyot Chadha
Global Lead, New Sustainable Mobility
Shannon Hilsey Choy
Project Associate I, Building Efficiency Initiative
Giulia Christianson
Senior Associate, Finance Center
Seth Contreras
Associate, Air Quality and Road Safety
Andreea Culian
Global Fund Development Manager
Larissa Da Silva
Senior Manager for Global Projects & Initiatives
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 Assistant
Valeria Lvovna Gelman
Communications Specialist & Program Coordinator II, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Luke Hagberg
Project Coordinator II
Louise Hutchins
Head of Impact, Engagement and Communications, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Vineet John
Research Analyst and Program Coordinator
Adna Karabegovic
Project Coordinator, Research Tools And Economics Team
Matthew Kessler-Cleary
Strategy & Management Assistant
Kerry LePain
Project Coordinator III
Xiangyi Li
Research Analyst II
Nikita Luke
Sustainable Transport Research Assistant
Anne Maassen
Urban Innovation & Finance Associate
Eric Mackres
Manager, Building Efficiency Initiative
Fiona McRaith
Urban Development Intern
Nidhi Mittal
Head of Country Programmes, Coalition for Urban Transitions
Christopher Moon-Miklaucic
Urban Innovation & Finance Research Assistant
Schuyler Null
Communications Associate
Mariana Orloff
Associate II, Urban Development
Kate Owens
Urban Development Manager
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
Nikola Sobot
Senior Manager, Global Fund Development
Thet Hein Tun
Transportation Research Analyst
Sebastián Varela
Manager, Strategy Development & Performance
Terra Virsilas
Urban Development Associate
Ben Welle
Senior Associate, Health and Road Safety
Michael Westphal
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance
Debbie Weyl
Manager, Building Efficiency

Brazil

Toni Lindau
Director, Brazil, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rejane Fernandes
Director, Strategic Relations and Development
Nívea Oppermann
Urban Development Director
Fernanda Boscaini
Communications Manager
Daniely Votto
Urban Governance Manager
Leonardo Agostta
Accounting Analyst
Cristina Albuquerque
Urban Mobility Coordinator
Mariana Barcelos
Urban Mobility Analyst
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
Paula Cunha Tanscheit
Communications Analyst
Luiza de Oliveira Schmidt
Cities Coordinator
Diogo Dias Lemos
Analyst
Caroline Donatti
Communications Coordinator
Katerina Elias-Trostmann
Senior Research Analyst
Henrique Evers
Urban Development Coordinator
Bruno Felin
Communications Specialist
Cíntia Freitas
Institutional Relations Coordinator
Mariana Gil
Visual Communications Specialist
Daniel Hunter
Visual Communication Assistant
Daniela Lichtler Cassel
Urban Governance Analyst
Letícia Liechavicius
Financial Supervisor
Rafaela Machado
Road Safety Specialist
Paula Manoela dos Santos
Active Mobility Coordinator
Débora Neves
Financial Analyst
Marta Obelheiro
Road Safety Coordinator
Priscila Pacheco
Communications Analyst
Francisco Minella Pasqual
Urban Mobility Intern
Luisa Peixoto
Urban Development Analyst
Felipe Perez Martinez
Institutional Relations Analyst
Guillermo Petzhold
Urban Mobility Specialist
Fabrício Pietrobelli
Climate and Transport Analyst
Berta Pinheiro
Urban Mobility and Climate Specialist
Débora Pinho
Social Media Analyst
Andressa Ribeiro
Road Safety Intern
Bruno Rizzon
Road Safety Analyst
Ariadne Samios
Urban Development Analyst
Carlos Eduardo Silva
Urban Mobility Intern
Eduardo Siqueira
Urban Mobility Intern
Cibele Soares da Silva
Administrative Assistant
Rita Tomilin
Project Coordinator

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
Kim Beng Lua
Senior Associate, Health and Road Safety
Xiaotian Fu
Associate, Water Program/Sustainable Cities, WRI China
Miao Hong
Energy Lead
Xiaoqian Jiang
Research Analyst, Climate, WRI China
Hui Jiang
Research Assistant, WRI China Sustainable Cities
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
Ying Wang
Research Associate
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

O.P. Agarwal
CEO, WRI India
Madhav Pai
Director, India, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Amit Bhatt
Strategy Head - Urban Transport
Dnyanada Deshpande
Strategy Head - Communications
Tahira Thekaekara
Strategy Head - Institutional Development
Nandini Chandrasekaran
Manager - Capacity Building
Chhavi Dhingra
Manager – Sustainable Transport
Divya Kottadiel
Manager – Marketing and Communications
Binoy Mascarenhas
Head, Urban Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Head, Urban Development
Pawan Mulukutla
Manager – Sustainable Transport
Sarika Panda Bhatt
Manager - Cities And Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Manager, Urban Transport and Road Safety
Radha Chanchani
Managing Associate - Research and Practice
Prayash Giria
Senior Project Associate - Capacity Building
Sahana Goswami
Manager
Tanushri Gupte
Manager, Urban Transport and Road Safety
Chaitanya Kanuri
Research Analyst, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Sonal Karia
Senior Project Associate – Operations, WRI India
Nitya Kaushik
Manager, Communications
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
Tanuka Mukherjee
Associate - Marketing And Communications, WRI India
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Project Associate
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Knowledge Manager
Surya Prakash
Managing Associate - Urban Development and Accessibility
Anand Ramachandran
Project Associate, Operations
Vishal Ramprasad
Senior Project Associate
Lubaina Rangwala
Managing Associate, Climate Resilience
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