U.S. Climate
Experts & Staff
Program Experts & Staff
Nate Aden
Senior Associate
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Angela Anderson
Director of Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal
Melissa Barbanell
Director of U.S.-International Engagement at World Resources Institute
Zachary Byrum
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Kathleen Cefus
Operations Manager, Climate Program
Christina DeConcini
Director, Government Affairs
Carrie Dellesky
Program and Outreach Manager, Carbon Removal and Industrial Innovation
Audrey Denvir
Research Associate, U.S. Lands
Grace Flynn
Research Assistant, Corporate Climate Action
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Karl Hausker
Senior Fellow
Matt Herbert
Communications Manager, Climate Program, WRI US
Joel Jaeger
Senior Research Associate, Systems Change Lab
Kevin Kennedy
Senior Fellow, U.S. Climate Initiative
Dan Lashof
Director, WRI United States
Katie Lebling
Associate II, Carbon Removal and Industrial Decarbonization
Haley Leslie-Bole
Lead Associate, US Lands
Caitlin Macomber
Research Analyst, Environmental Justice and Equity
Eliot Metzger
Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation
Jennifer Rennicks
Deputy Director, Government Affairs
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Evana Said
Research Analyst II
Rajat Shrestha
Research Analyst II, Economics Center
Meredith Wagner
Development Associate
Carla Walker
US Director, Environmental Justice and Equity
Debbie Weyl
Deputy Director, WRI United States
Shannon Wood
Legislative Engagement Analyst, U.S. Climate
