WRI Annual Report 2018-19: Boards and Management
Boards and Management
WRI’s Global Board and the boards overseeing our international offices are led by diverse and distinguished boards of directors comprising former heads of state, corporate and civil society executives, energy and private equity investors, scientists, and current and former political leaders. These board directors ensure WRI’s financial integrity and effective resource management and provide oversight and guidance on WRI’s program strategy.
WRI Global Board | Directors
James A. Harmon
CO-CHAIR
Chairman, Caravel Management LLC; former President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
David Blood
CO-CHAIR
Co-founder and Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management
Pamela P. Flaherty
VICE CHAIR
Former President and CEO, Citi Foundation; Former Director of Corporate Citizenship, Citi
Susan Tierney
VICE CHAIR
Senior Advisor, Analysis Group, Inc.
Tamara Arnold
Founding Partner, Alpha Ledger Technologies, Inc.
Frances Beinecke
Former President, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Afsaneh M. Beschloss
Founder and CEO, Rock Creek
Joke Brandt
Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Stephen Brenninkmeijer
Founder and Principal, Willows Investments
Felipe Calderón
Former President of Mexico; Chair, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate
Robin Chase
Founder, Zipcar, Buzzcar, Veniam
William Chen
Founding Managing Partner, ClearVue Partners
Tiffany Clay
CEO, Saddleback Holdings
Dino Patti Djalal
Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Republic of Indonesia
Christiana Figueres
Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC
Jamshyd N. Godrej
Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Caio Koch-Weser
Former Chair, European Climate Foundation; Former Vice Chairman, Deutsche Bank Group
Jonathan Lash
Former President, Hampshire College; Former President, WRI
Joaquim Levy
President, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Kathleen McLaughlin
Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart Inc. President, Walmart Foundation
Nader Mousavizadeh
Co-Founder and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners
Michael Polsky
President and CEO, Invenergy
Bill Richardson
Former Governor of New Mexico; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Former U.S. Secretary of Energy
Stephen M. Ross
Chairman and Founder, Related Companies
Roger W. Sant
Chairman, The Summit Foundation; Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation
Jennifer Scully-Lerner
Vice President of Private Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs
Andrew Steer
President and CEO, WRI
Clinton A. Vince
Chair, Global Energy Practice, Dentons
Global Leadership Council
WRI’s Global Leadership Council is a select, invitation-only group of business, scientific, philanthropic and civic leaders committed to helping WRI achieve its mission. Council members form an international network to enhance WRI’s effectiveness, profile, resources and impact, as well as engage in the Institute’s program work in various ways, based on their interests and expertise.
Frances Beinecke
CO-CHAIR
Former President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Afsaneh Beschloss
CO-CHAIR
President and CEO, The Rock Creek Group
Daniel Weiss
CO-CHAIR
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Angeleno Group
Elizabeth Belfer
Equity Analyst, Belfer Management, LLC
Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr.
Senior Director, McLarty Associates
David Brewster
Entrepreneur
Brian Cox
President, MFX Solutions
Leslie Dach
Chair, Protect Our Care
Tim Disney
Chairman, CalArts
Timothy P. Dunn
Chief Investment Officer, Managing Member, Founder, Terra Alpha Investments, LLC
Paula Gold-Williams
President and CEO, CPS Energy
Peter Graham
Partner, One Better Ventures
W. Andrew Jack
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Peter S. Knight
Retired Partner, Generation Investment Management
Jonathan Matz
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Jeff McDermott
Managing Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
Dan Morrow
Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University
Leslie Myers
Marketing Consultant
Rolando Núñez-Baza
Head of Latin America, Khan Academy
H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon Parme
Senior Advisor, Private Sector Partnerships, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
David Richardson
Executive Director, Global Client Service & Business Development, Impax Asset Management
Dorothy Robyn
Senior Fellow, Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy
Alison Sander
Director, Center for Sensing and Mining the Future, Boston Consulting Group
Edward L. Strohbehn Jr.
Counsel (Retired), Morgan Lewis, Washington DC
Lee M. Thomas
Former Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency
WRI Board and Staff with members of WRI’s Global Leadership Council at the WRI Fall Global Board Meeting in Washington, DC.
Council of Board Chairs
The WRI Council of Board Chairs was established in 2018 as a non-fiduciary, advisory body composed of the Chair from each WRI International Office Board of Directors and Co-Chairs of the WRI Global Board of Directors. The Council convenes once a year to deliver advice and recommendations to the WRI Global Board and the broader WRI network.
James Harmon
WRI Global Board Co-Chair
David Blood
WRI Global Board Co-Chair
Jamshyd Godrej
WRI India Board Chair and Global Board Member
Dino Djalal
WRI Indonesia Board Chair and Global Board Member
Patron & International Offices
Patron of WRI
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
WRI Brasil Board of Directors
Marcelo Furtado
CHAIR
Director, Marae
Manish Bapna
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, WRI
Franklin Feder
Former Vice President, Alcoa
Valmir Ortega
Partner, Geoplus Geotecnologia
Janet Ranganathan
Vice President for Science and Research, WRI
Anamaria Schindler
Co-president Emeritus, Ashoka
Orlando Strambi
Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Department of Transportation Engineering
WRI India Board of Directors
Jamshyd Godrej
CHAIR
Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Narvroz Dubash
Professor, Centre for Policy Research
Ashok Khosla
Chairman, Development Alternatives Group
Sanjay Kirloskar
Chairman and Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
WRI Indonesia Board of Directors
Dino Patti Djalal
CHAIR
Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Republic of Indonesia
Desi Anwar
Senior Journalist and Talk Show Host, Metro TV
Dharsono Hartono
CEO, PT Rimba Makmur Utama
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto
Head of Presidential Delivery Unit for Monitoring and Oversight, Republic of Indonesia
Dr. Handry Satriago
CEO, GE Indonesia
Andrew Steer
President and CEO, WRI
Pictured: (From left to right) Edward Davey, WRI; Dr. Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environment Facility; Kitty vander Heijden, WRI; Minister Gemedo Dalle, Federal Republic of Ethiopia, at the WRI Spring Global Board Meeting in Washington, DC.
WRI Europe Board of Directors
Andrew Steer
CHAIR
President and CEO, WRI
Elizabeth Cook
Vice President for Institutional Strategy and Development, WRI
Kitty van der Heijden
Vice President, WRI Europe and Africa
Janet Ranganathan
Vice President for Science and Research, WRI
WRI Mexico Board of Directors
Cecilia Martínez
CHAIR
Former Regional Director, UN- HABITAT
Rolando Núñez Baza
Head of Latin America, Khan Academy
Ani Dasgupta
Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sergio Chagoya Díaz
Partner, Santamarina y Steta, S.C.
Adrián Fernández
CEO, Climate Works
Ignacio García
General Director, Cummins Mexico
Ernesto Hanhausen
Managing Director, Emerging Energy and Environment, LLC.
José Saruhkan Kermez
Former Rector of UNAM and Science Adviser of Mexico’s Government
Steve Knaebel
Former Executive President, Cummins
Adriana de Almeida Lobo
Director, WRI Mexico
Enrique Norten
Founder, Ten Arquitectos
Eugene Towle Wachenheim
Managing Partner, Softec Real Estate Consulting
WRI China Advisory Committee Members
The new membership of the China Advisory Council is currently in formation and will be re-constituted in late 2019
Core Functions
Executive Team
Andrew Steer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Manish Bapna
Executive Vice President and Managing Director
Steve Barker
Vice President and Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Elizabeth Cook
Vice President, Institutional Strategy and Development
Kitty van der Heijden
Vice President, Africa and Europe
Renuka Iyer
Chief Human Resources Officer
Lawrence MacDonald
Vice President, Communications
Rebecca Marshall
Chief of Staff
Janet Ranganathan
Vice President, Science and Research
Jocelyn Starzak
General Counsel
Helen Mountford
Vice President, Climate and Economics
Craig Hanson
Vice President, Food, Forests, Water and the Ocean
International & Regional Office Directors
Rachel Biderman
Brazil
Wee Kean Fong (acting)
China
Kitty van der Heijden
Africa/Ethiopia and Europe/Netherlands
Om Prakash Agarwal
India
Nirarta Samadhi
Indonesia
Adriana Lobo
Mexico
Global Program & Center Directors
Kevin Moss
Business
Ani Dasgupta
Cities
Helen Mountford
Climate and Economics
Jennifer Layke
Energy
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Finance
Craig Hanson
Food, Forests, Water and the Ocean
Rod Taylor
Forests
Peter Veit (acting)
Governance
Betsy Otto
Water
Core Functions
Natalie Elwell
Senior Gender Advisor
Shaila Gupta
Global Director, Finance
Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Director, International Cooperation/ Head of London Office
JP Leous
Director, International Corporate Relations
Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
Deputy to the VP, Science and Research
Michael Oko
Global Director, Communications
Shailesh Sreedharan
Global Director, Operations
Wilfred Yartey
Global Accounting Director