Our Team
Executive Team

Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Interim Co-President and Co-CEO | Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe

Martha Casey
Interim Co-President and Co-CEO | Vice-President, Operations and Business Transformation

Anne Hammill
Associate Vice-President, Resilience

Matthew McCandless
Associate Vice President, Water and Managing Director, Manitoba
Senior Management

Rod Araneda
Director, Information and Corporate Systems

Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications

Philip Gass
Interim Co-Director, Energy & Lead, Energy Transitions

Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Interim Co-Director, Energy & Director, Sustainable Energy

Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Louis St-Cyr
Director, Philanthropy

Flavia Thomé
Director, Project Management Office | Head of Operations, Economic Law and Policy

Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress
Economic Law and Policy

Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Interim Co-President and Co-CEO | Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe

Suzy H. Nikièma
Director, Investment

Greg Radford
Director, IGF

Benjamin Simmons
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure

Flavia Thomé
Director, Project Management Office | Head of Operations, Economic Law and Policy

Alice Tipping
Director, Trade and Sustainable Development

Isabelle Ramdoo
Deputy Director, IGF

Carlos Alberto Ortega
Environmental Advisor

Ieva Baršauskaitė
Senior Policy Advisor

Maria Barral
Communications Officer

Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate

Hans Baumgarten
Strategic Advisor

Ronja Bechauf
Policy Analyst

Grégoire Bellois
Senior Policy Advisor

Steffany Bermúdez
Policy Advisor I

Tumpa Bithy
Program Assistant

Jonathan Bonnitcha
Senior Associate

Isaak Bowers
Communications Officer

Sarah Brewin
Associate, Advisor Agriculture and Investment

Yelena Bugakova
Senior Program Assistant

Facundo Calvo
Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture

Edoardo Carlucci
Policy Analyst, Sustainable Finance

Liesbeth Casier
Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Coordinator of the NBI Global Resource Centre

Becca Challis
Communications Officer

Rodrigo Chavez
Program Financial Analyst

Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate

Mohamed Coulibaly
Associate

Daniel Coyne
Project Manager

Darcie Doan
Senior Specialist, Trade and Climate

Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager

Sara Elder
Senior Policy Advisor, Standards Workstream

Thelma Halim
Policy Advisor

Murtiani Hendriwardani
Policy Advisor

Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies

Rashmi Jose
Senior Policy Advisor

Michail Kapetanakis
Research Analyst

Abas Kinda
Associate

Cristina Larrea
Lead II, Sustainability Standards

Thomas Lassourd
Senior Policy Advisor II

Andrea Lemus Mesa
Senior Policy Advisor

Brice Li
Project Manager

Erika Luna
Junior Policy Analyst

Nyaguthii Maina
Associate

Claire McConnell
Policy Advisor

Rebecca Meaton
Senior Office Administrator

Sally Millett
Communications Officer

Hafiz Mirza
Lead, Responsible Agricultural Investment Research

Kulthoum Motsumi
Associate

Clémence Naré
Senior Law Advisor, IGF

Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant

Ekpen Omonbude
Senior Policy Advisor

Josef Ostřanský
Policy Advisor

Georg Pallaske
Associate

Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy/Project Management Office

David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy

Marion Provencher Langlois
Policy Analyst II

Alexandra Readhead
Lead, Tax and Extractives

Marina Ruete
Associate

Patricia Sanchez
Project Manager

Florencia Sarmiento
Policy Analyst

Stefanie Schacherer
Associate

Lukas Schaugg
International Law Analyst

Morten Siersted
Senior Associate

Lionel Simeon
Project Manager

Tapasya Subedi
Project Assistant

Jaqueline Taquiri
Policy Advisor II, Tax and Extractives

Viola Tarus
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives

Ege Tekinbas
Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equity

Ronald Tundang
Associate

David Uzsoki
Lead, Sustainable Finance

Vivek Voora
Senior Associate

Meizhen Wang
Policy Advisor I

Sean Woolfrey
Lead, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Mavra Zehra
Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy

Samantha Zhang
Policy Advisor I

Qi Zheng
Senior Policy Advisor
Energy

Philip Gass
Interim Co-Director, Energy & Lead, Energy Transitions

Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Interim Co-Director, Energy & Director, Sustainable Energy

Anna Ackermann
Policy Analyst, Green Reconstruction of Ukraine

Nushrat Anjum
Communications Assistant

Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption

Olivier Bois von Kursk
Policy Analyst

Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor

Aia Brnic
Senior Communications Officer

Laura Cameron
Policy Advisor

Angela Carter
Senior Associate

Nhat Do
Policy Analyst

Aneta Dujanovic
Senior Program Assistant

Nichole Dusyk
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Canada Energy

Vibhuti Garg
Associate and Senior Energy Specialist

Anna Geddes
Associate

Siddharth Goel
Senior Policy Advisor

Richard Halsey
Policy Advisor

Bethan Jones
Senior Communications Officer

Natalie Jones
Policy Advisor

Katerina Klimas
Project Manager

Jonas Kuehl
Policy Analyst

Tara Laan
Senior Associate

Lucky Lontoh
Associate and Country Coordinator

Huma Malik
Program Financial Analyst

Sunil Mani
Policy Advisor

Tom Moerenhout
Associate

Greg Muttitt
Senior Associate

Yuliia Oharenko
Associate

Angela Picciariello
Senior Researcher

Anas Rahman
Policy Advisor

Swasti Raizada
Policy Advisor

Zachary Rempel
Policy Analyst

Paulina Resich
Communications Manager

Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy

Pedro Schmid
Project Manager

Deepak Sharma
Policy Analyst

Shruti Sharma
Senior Policy Advisor

Bernard Soubry
Policy Advisor

Ronald Steenblik
Senior Fellow

Anissa Suharsono
Associate

Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager

Bathandwa Vazi
Policy Advisor

Amelia Wainright
Communications Officer, Digital

Lukas Welker
Impact Tracking Analyst
Resilience

Anne Hammill
Associate Vice-President, Resilience

Jo-Ellen Parry
Director, Adaptation (Canada)

Alec Crawford
Director, Nature for Resilience

Angie Dazé
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for Resilience

Olaide Bankole
Junior Researcher

Lama Abdellatif
Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator

Kanwulia Amoye
Program Financial Analyst

Cesar Henrique Arrais
Communications Officer

Emilie Beauchamp
Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change

Ezra Campbell
Senior Project Manager

Calais Caswell
Policy Advisor II, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

Aurélie Ceinos
Policy Advisor, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

Emily Cholette
Project Manager II

Julie Dekens
Principal Researcher

Georgia Exell
Policy Analyst I

Edom Frew Tekabe
Program Assistant - Human Resources

Orville Grey
Head of Secretariat, NAP Global Network

Patrick Guerdat
Policy Advisor

Vanessa Guidorizzi
Senior Program Assistant

Blane Harvey
Associate

David Hoffmann
Coordinator, NAP Global Network

Cameron Hunter
Policy Advisor

Nicole Jang
Policy Analyst I

Michelle Kim
Project Manager II

Danielle Kitson
Project Coordinator

Christian Ledwell
Knowledge Manager, NAP Global Network

Veronica Lo
Senior Policy Advisor

Mauricio Luna-Rodríguez
Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance, NAP Global Network

Shafaq Masud
Policy Advisor II

Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate

Selina Nakarmi
Project Assistant

Onyinye Oguntoye
Communications Officer

Chi Pham
Peer Learning Officer

Jeffrey Qi
Policy Advisor I

Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor

Marie Royer
Communications Officer

Susan Sekirime
Senior Policy Advisor

Catherine Senecal
Program Manager

Gloria Sengutuvan
Project and Country Support Hub Manager

Tamanna Sharmin
Junior Project Manager

Darren Swanson
Senior Associate

Ingrid Sylvester
Policy Advisor II

Anika Terton
Senior Policy Advisor

Mengyi Yang
Junior Program Financial Analyst
Tracking Progress

Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress

Jennifer Allan
Writer/Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Hajra Atiq
Project Manager

Livia Bizikova
Lead II, Monitoring and Governance, Tracking Progress

Eleonora Bonaccorsi
Program Officer, Geneva 2030 Ecosystem

Pamela Chasek
Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Jennifer Covert
Senior Program Manager, Development, Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Melissa Downey
Program Financial Analyst

Carlos Socarras Estrada
Program Assistant

Stefan Jungcurt
Lead II, SDG Indicators and Data, Tracking Progress

Elena Kosolapova
Senior Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

László Pintér
Senior Fellow

Hillary Rosentreter
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

Trine Schmidt
Strategic Advisor for Global Strategies

Maja Schmidt-Thomé
Operations Manager, Earth Negotiations Bulletin

Robert Smith
Senior Associate

Darren Swanson
Senior Associate

Jessica Templeton
Senior Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

Matthew TenBruggencate
Communications Manager

Kyle Wiebe
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

Zakaria Zoundi
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Water

Matthew McCandless
Associate Vice President, Water and Managing Director, Manitoba

Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA

Dimple Roy
Director, Water Management

Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Erin Bend
Manager, Philanthropy, IISD-ELA
Paul Blanchfield
Research Fellow

Blake Cooney
Chemist I, IISD-ELA

Paul Fafard
Field Sampling Technician II, IISD-ELA

Richard Grosshans
Lead II, Bioremediation

Bill Hamlin
Associate

Sonya Havens
Research Chemist, IISD-ELA

Chris Hay
Scientific Data Officer

Lauren Hayhurst
Fisheries Research Biologist II, IISD-ELA

Scott Higgins
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA

Lee Hrenchuk
Senior Biologist, IISD-ELA

Petra Kiwan
Project Manager

Desiree Langenfeld
Biologist, IISD-ELA

Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA

Ted Lawrence
Executive Director, IISD-ACARE

Murray MacKay
Research Fellow

Josée Méthot
Senior Policy Specialist, Water

Roger Mollot
Operations Manager II, IISD-ELA

Hisham Osman
Research Fellow

Vince Palace
Head Research Scientist, IISD-ELA

Michael Paterson
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA

Jim Perry
Associate

Lisa Peters
Research Associate, IISD-ELA

Louie Porta
Senior Associate

Marina Puzyreva
Senior Policy Advisor

Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor

Michael Rennie
Research Fellow, IISD-ELA

Thomas Saleh
Policy Advisor, Data and Technology; IISD-ELA

Ken Sandilands
Biologist - Field Coordinator, IISD-ELA

Cody Sellar
Digital Giving and Engagement Officer, IISD-ELA

Joey Simoes
Hydrologist II

Madeline Stanley
Policy Advisor

Darren Swanson
Senior Associate

Lauren Timlick
Biologist II - Ecotoxicology, IISD-ELA

Sarah Warrack
Outreach and Education Officer, IISD-ELA

Dilber Yunus
Indigenous Relations Manager, IISD-ELA
Administration and Finance

Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Lama Abdellatif
Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator

Oluyemisi Alabi
Contract Administrator

Merrivee Anciano
Controller

Kanwulia Amoye
Program Financial Analyst

Ryan Aquino
Financial Support Analyst

Angelica Arceo
Accounting Assistant

Ahmed Babou
Director of Geneva Finance, Administration and Donor Reporting

Tumpa Bithy
Program Assistant

Yelena Bugakova
Senior Program Assistant

Ramon Dator
Senior Program Financial Analyst

Melissa Downey
Program Financial Analyst

Aneta Dujanovic
Senior Program Assistant

Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager

Vanessa Guidorizzi
Senior Program Assistant

Crystal Hood
Senior Executive Assistant & Corporate Secretary

Marilou Ibe
Controller, IISD-ELA

Petra Kiwan
Project Manager

Katerina Klimas
Project Manager

Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA

Brice Li
Project Manager

Huma Malik
Program Financial Analyst

Maria Martirez
Senior Accounting Assistant

Rebecca Meaton
Senior Office Administrator

Elias Mukozi
Senior Accounting Manager

Selina Nakarmi
Project Assistant

Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy/Project Management Office

Jocelyn Quijano
Financial Support Analyst

Vickie Roberts
Senior Payroll Accountant

Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy

Pedro Schmid
Project Manager

Gloria Sengutuvan
Project and Country Support Hub Manager

Catherine Senecal
Program Manager

Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager

Mengyi Yang
Junior Program Financial Analyst
Communications

Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications

Katherine Clark
Deputy Director, Communications

Nushrat Anjum
Communications Assistant

Cesar Henrique Arrais
Communications Officer

Maria Barral
Communications Officer

Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Isaak Bowers
Communications Officer

Aia Brnic
Senior Communications Officer

Becca Challis
Communications Officer

Elise Epp
Senior Graphic Designer

Sydney Hildebrandt
Publishing Officer

Bethan Jones
Senior Communications Officer

Sally Millett
Communications Officer

Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant

Onyinye Oguntoye
Communications Officer

David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy

Anna Pokhilenko
Junior Graphic Designer

Paulina Resich
Communications Manager

Marie Royer
Communications Officer

Matthew TenBruggencate
Communications Manager

Amelia Wainright
Communications Officer, Digital