Our ecosystems experts


  • Anderson, Katie Senior Director, Business, Food and Forests

    Areas of expertise: Corporate sustainability strategy, agricultural supply chain sustainability, agricultural methane, deforestation, jurisdictional approaches

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Barone, Aurora Senior Economics and Policy Analyst

    Areas of expertise: U.S. climate policy, environmental economics and policy, geographic information systems (GIS)

    Office: New York City

  • Chen, Glenda Senior Analyst, Aviation, Energy Transition

    Areas of expertise: Process engineering, renewable energy, island resilience, translation and cross-cultural interpretation

    Office: Remote

  • Eagle, Alison Senior Scientist, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Nutrient cycling, crop production, soil science, ecosystem services, agricultural sustainability, climate change, land use, and natural resource economics.

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • García Briones, Ana Lucía Director, Global Justice & Equity

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, research, community engagement and participatory decision-making

    Office: San Francisco

  • Gauthier, Vincent Manager, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise:

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Gordon, Doria Senior Director, Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Natural climate solutions, invasive species risk assessment, biodiversity conservation, fire ecology, restoration ecology

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Gore, Elizabeth Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Political affairs; climate change solutions; energy and environmental policy; transportation issues.

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Grimm, Robyn Director, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management and policy; floodplain management and planning; interdisciplinary and multi-benefit decision support and analysis; operations and systems research; trade-off analysis; public finance mechanisms for water management

    Office: Sacramento, California

  • Groosman, Britt Vice President, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Economics and environmental markets, agriculture, conservation, global climate policy and carbon markets

    Office: New York City

  • Hall, Maurice Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management, water policy, hydrology, water resources engineering, aquatic ecosystems, sustainable agriculture, irrigated agriculture, water quality, natural infrastructure, civil engineering

    Office: Boulder, Colorado

  • Hamburg, Steven Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, Methane emissions, Systems ecology, Biogeochemistry, Climate change impacts, Forest ecology, Soils, C cycle

    Office: Boston

  • Hayden, Ann Interim Vice President, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, adaptive management and watershed resilience, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, environmental markets, riparian and wetland habitat, river and delta systems.

    Office: San Francisco

  • Holst, Eric Associate Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions

    Areas of expertise: Conservation solutions, wildlife policy, endangered species, agriculture, mitigation, forestry

    Office: Sacramento, California

  • Holstein, Elgie Senior Director for Strategic Planning

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, Land, Water & Wildlife programs, rivers and deltas, energy policy

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Hu, QIN VP, Chief Representative China

    Areas of expertise: Climate and energy policy, environmental enforcement, emission trading and carbon market, green supply chain, green finance, ecosystems.

    Office: Beijing, China

  • Hughes, Amy Director, Markets and Finance, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Greenhouse gas and carbon markets, sustainable food production, agricultural technology, corporate responsibility, climate resilience

    Office: Remote

  • Jackson, Brian Senior Manager, Western Water

    Areas of expertise: Ecosystems, natural infrastructure, community resiliency, stakeholder engagement, rivers and deltas

    Office: Boulder, Colorado

  • K, Kritee Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Climate smart agriculture, Soil carbon, Soil Health, Rice, Methane and nitrous oxide emissions, Nitrogen & Water use efficiency, Environmental microbiology, Stable isotope biogeochemistry, and Mercury pollution

    Office: Boulder, Colorado

  • Kaiser, Dan Director of Agriculture Innovation, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Agriculture technology, ecosystem service markets, biodiversity, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), agriculture sustainability.

    Office: Remote