Our people and nature experts

  • Penny, Gopal
    Scientist, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Hydrological sciences, remote sensing, complex water-agriculture systems, resilience of social-ecological systems, causal inference

  • Poon, Sarah
    AVP, Fishery Solutions Center

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, training and capacity development

  • Puig-Williams, Vanessa
    Director, Texas Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, water law, environmental law, groundwater management, conservation transactions, stakeholder engagement, endangered species

  • Rhode, Rachel
    Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: Coastal resilience, adaptation, natural infrastructure, large-scale restoration, ecosystems, rivers and deltas, science-based decision making, marine ecology

  • Rivera-Torres, Mariana
    Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water policy, transboundary water governance, groundwater, community development, facilitation and collaborative decision-making

  • Rodriguez-Flores, José M.
    Senior Analyst, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Hydro-economic analysis; multi-benefit land and water management; interdisciplinary groundwater analysis; resilient food-water systems analysis

  • Rosenstein, Peri
    Senior Scientist, Livestock Systems

    Areas of expertise: Livestock methane emissions, sustainable livestock systems, animal health, veterinary pharmaceutical and biological product research and development, epidemiology, zoonotic diseases

  • Rudek, Joe
    Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Agricultural emissions to land, water, and air from livestock, rice and upland crops; methane emissions from natural gas end use; and supply chain sustainability

  • Ruiter, Pamela
    Senior Manager, SSF Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Oceans program, Seafood markets, catch shares, renewing fisheries, EU Fisheries policy, TURF Reserves

  • Schiller, Anna
    Program Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Conservation biology, spatial analysis, groundwater management, land use planning

  • Schwartzman, Steve
    Senior Director, Tropical Forest Policy

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, tropical forest policy, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), Brazil and the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples, incentives for environmental protection

  • Steinhilber, Emily
    Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Virginia

    Areas of expertise: Coastal resilience, climate solutions, environmental law and policy, stakeholder engagement

  • Suárez, Ana
    Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    Areas of expertise: Global Inclusion and DEI, capacity building, education for sustainability, communications and community outreach

  • Sun, Fang
    Senior Manager, Resilient Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Agriculture, carbon farming and forestry

  • Thomas, Ben
    Senior Policy Director, Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Agricultural and food law, policy implementation, political strategy, coalition building

  • Truax, Hawley
    Associate Vice President, State Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Policy analysis, writing/editing, institutional giving, strategy development, regional politics and culture

  • Tucker, Grace
    Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: Water resources management and policy, science-based decision-making, natural infrastructure, ecosystems, social sciences, stakeholder coordination

  • Turner, Carlito
    - Manager, Small-scale Fisheries Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries policy and management, training and capacity building

  • Tynan, Michelle
    Manager, Global Agriculture Methane

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  • Villanueva Aznar, Cristina
    Director, Strategic Partnerships, Mexico Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Small scale fisheries, Mexico fisheries policies, strategic partnerships, common pool resources conservation