Our Team
Senior Leadership
Senior Management

Anumeha Baldner
Director, Talent and Culture

Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Executive Director, IISD Europe; Senior Director, Economic Law & Policy

Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications

Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA

Anne Hammill
Senior Director, Resilience

Matthew McCandless
Senior Director, Fresh Water & Executive Director, IISD-ELA

Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Louis St-Cyr
Director, Philanthropy

Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress

Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy
Economic Law and Policy

Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Executive Director, IISD Europe; Senior Director, Economic Law & Policy

Greg Radford
Director, IGF

Isabelle Ramdoo
Deputy Director, IGF

Benjamin Simmons
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure

Carin Smaller
Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment

Ieva Baršauskaitė
Senior Policy Advisor

Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate

Ronja Bechauf
Policy Analyst

Steffany Bermúdez
Policy Analyst

Tumpa Bithy
Program Assistant

Sophie Blais
Communications Assistant

Jonathan Bonnitcha
Senior Associate

Sarah Brewin
Associate, Advisor Agriculture and Investment

Yelena Bugakova
Senior Program Assistant

Facundo Calvo
Policy Analyst

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

Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate

Mohamed Coulibaly
Associate

Emma Cutler
System Dynamics Analyst

Ramon Dator
Program Financial Analyst

Caroline Dommen
Senior Associate

Ellyn Duke-Watson
Communications Assistant

Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager

Sara Elder
Senior Policy Advisor, Standards Workstream

Kiranne Guddoy
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law & Policy

Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies

Rashmi Jose
Policy Advisor

Michail Kapetanakis
Research Analyst

Abas Kinda
Associate

Cristina Larrea
Lead II, Sustainability Standards

Thomas Lassourd
Senior Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives

Soledad Leal Campos
Lead, Sustainable Trade

Lysiane Lefebvre
Senior Project Assistant

Brice Li
Project Manager

Erika Luna Perez
Junior Policy Analyst

Abigail MacDonald
Junior Policy Analyst

Nyaguthii Maina
Associate

Rebecca Meaton
Senior Office Administrator

Sally Millett
Communications Officer

Hafiz Mirza
Lead, Responsible Agricultural Investment Research

Kulthoum Motsumi
Associate

Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF

Suzy H. Nikièma
Lead, Sustainable Investment

Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant

Georg Pallaske
Associate

Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager

David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy

Marion Provencher Langlois
Gender Analyst

Francine Picard Mukazi
Senior Policy Advisor & Lead, Partnerships

Alexandra Readhead
Lead, Tax and Extractives

Marina Ruete
Associate

Florencia Sarmiento
Policy Analyst

Stefanie Schacherer
Associate

Lukas Schaugg
International Law Analyst

Susan Sekirime
Project Manager

Lionel Simeon
Project Manager

Jaqueline Taquiri
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives

Viola Tarus
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives

Ege Tekinbas
Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equity

Flavia Thomé
Head of Operations, Economic Law and Policy, and Advisor to the President & CEO on Project Operations

Alice Tipping
Lead, Sustainable Trade and Fisheries Subsidies

Mianú Ortega Trujillo
Research Analyst

Ronald Tundang
Associate

Laura Turley
Associate

David Uzsoki
Senior Advisor & Lead, Sustainable Finance

Vivek Voora
Senior Associate

Meizhen Wang
Policy Analyst II

Ann Wilkings
Associate

Zoe Williams
Associate

Sean Woolfrey
Senior Advisor & Research Coordinator

Mavra Zehra
Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy

Joe Zhang
Senior Law Advisor

Samantha Zhang
Policy Analyst
Resilience

Anne Hammill
Senior Director, Resilience

Jo-Ellen Parry
Director, Adaptation (Canada)

Alec Crawford
Director, Nature for Resilience

Christian Ledwell
Knowledge Manager, NAP Global Network

Lama Abdellatif
Junior Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator

Kanwulia Amoye
Program Financial Analyst

Cesar Henrique Arrais
Communications Officer

Catherine Burge
Senior Communications Officer

Ezra Campbell
Project Manager

Angie Dazé
Lead, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

Julie Dekens
Principal Researcher

Julia Donaldson
Research Assistant

Alanna Evans
Communications Officer

Patrick Guerdat
Policy Advisor and Country Support Hub Coordinator

Vanessa Guidorizzi
Program Assistant

Blane Harvey
Associate

David Hoffmann
Policy Analyst

Cameron Hunter
Policy Advisor

Nicole Jang
Junior Researcher

Veronica Lo
Senior Policy Advisor

Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate

Jeffrey Qi
Policy Analyst II

Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor

Catherine Senecal
Program Manager

Gloria Sengutuvan
Project and Country Support Hub Manager

Darren Swanson
Senior Associate

Anne Tadgell
Policy Analyst

Anika Terton
Senior Policy Advisor
Energy

Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy

Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption

Charly Blais
Communications Officer

Olivier Bois von Kursk
Policy Analyst

Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor

Aia Brnic
Communications Officer

Laura Cameron
Policy Analyst

Vanessa Corkal
Policy Advisor, Canada Energy Transitions

Lucile Dufour
Senior Policy Advisor

Nichole Dusyk
Senior Policy Advisor

Vibhuti Garg
Associate and Senior Energy Specialist

Siddharth Goel
Senior Policy Advisor

Philip Gass
Lead, Transitions

Anna Geddes
Associate

Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Director, Sustainable Energy

Richard Halsey
Policy Advisor

Jonas Kuehl
Policy Analyst

Tara Laan
Senior Associate

Lucky Lontoh
Associate and Country Coordinator

Tom Moerenhout
Associate

Greg Muttitt
Co-Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies

Chido Muzondo
Policy Advisor

Yuliia Oharenko
Associate

Anas Rahman
Policy Advisor

Swasti Raizada
Policy Advisor

Zachary Rempel
Policy Analyst

Paulina Resich
Senior Communications Officer

Joachim Roth
Policy Analyst

Lourdes Sanchez
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Indonesia

Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy

Max Schmidt
Junior Policy Analyst

Shruti Sharma
Senior Policy Advisor

Ronald Steenblik
Senior Fellow

Anissa Suharsono
Associate

Alice Tipping
Lead, Sustainable Trade and Fisheries Subsidies

Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager

Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Policy Advisor

Anjali Viswamohanan
Associate

Amelia Wainright
Communications Assistant
Tracking Progress

Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress

Jennifer Allan (Dr.)
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

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

Elena Kosolapova (Dr.)
Senior Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Tamilore Oshodi
Communications Assistant

László Pintér
Senior Fellow

Hillary Rosentreter
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

Trine Schmidt
Policy Advisor, Geneva 2030 Ecosystem

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
Senior Communications Officer

Kyle Wiebe
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress

Zakaria Zoundi
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Water

Matthew McCandless
Senior Director, Fresh Water & Executive Director, IISD-ELA

Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA

Dimple Roy
Director, Water Management

Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Erin Bend
Senior Officer, Philanthropy, IISD-ELA
Paul Blanchfield
Research Fellow

Cyndy Desjardins
Food Web Biologist

Paul Fafard
Field Sampling Technician II, IISD-ELA

Richard Grosshans
Lead, Bioeconomy

Bill Hamlin
Associate

Sonya Havens
Research Chemist, IISD-ELA

Chris Hay
Scientific Data Officer

Lauren Hayhurst
Fisheries Research Biologist II, IISD-ELA

Hans Herrmann
Senior Associate

Scott Higgins
Research Scientist, IISD-ELA

Petra Kiwan
Project Manager

Lee Hrenchuk
Senior Biologist, IISD-ELA

Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA

Ted Lawrence
Executive Director, IISD-ACARE

Murray MacKay
Research Fellow

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

Louie Porta
Senior Associate

Marina Puzyreva
Policy Advisor

Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor

Michael Rennie
Research Fellow, IISD-ELA

Ken Sandilands
Biologist - Field Coordinator, 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
Outreach Officer, IISD-ELA
Administration and Finance

Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Lama Abdellatif
Junior Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator

Merrivee Anciano
Controller

Kanwulia Amoye
Program Financial Analyst

Ahmed Babou
Director of Geneva Finance, Administration and Donor Reporting

Ramon Dator
Program Financial Analyst

Kamal Dirie
Program Financial Analyst

Geoff Donaldson
Database Research and Stewardship Officer

Melissa Downey
Program Financial Analyst

Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager

Vanessa Guidorizzi
Program Assistant

Karen Goulding
Manager, Contracts and Administration

Crystal Hood
Senior Executive Assistant & Corporate Secretary

Marilou Ibe
Controller, IISD-ELA

Aqsa Irfan
Accounting Assistant

Petra Kiwan
Project Manager

Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA

Brice Li
Project Manager

Karishma Lodariya
Contract Administrator

Maria Martirez
Senior Accounting Assistant

Rebecca Meaton
Senior Office Administrator

Elias Mukozi
Senior Accounting Manager

Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager

Jocelyn Quijano
Financial Support Analyst

Vickie Roberts
Senior Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy

Gloria Sengutuvan
Project and Country Support Hub Manager

Susan Sekirime
Project Manager

Catherine Senecal
Program Manager

Anastasia Tertigka
Executive Assistant

Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager
Communications

Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications

Katherine Clark
Senior Communications Manager

Cesar Henrique Arrais
Communications Officer

Sofia Baliño
Senior Manager, Communications & Engagement

Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Charly Blais
Communications Officer

Aia Brnic
Communications Officer

Catherine Burge
Senior Communications Officer

Ellyn Duke-Watson
Communications Assistant

Elise Epp
Senior Graphic Designer

Alanna Evans
Communications Officer

Kiranne Guddoy
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law & Policy

Sally Millett
Communications Officer

Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant
Tamilore Oshodi
Communications Assistant

David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy

Paulina Resich
Senior Communications Officer

Matthew TenBruggencate
Senior Communications Officer

Harsh Vaniawala
Digital Project Manager

Amelia Wainright
Communications Assistant

Sophie Blais
Communications Assistant