Our People

IISD's people are the key to our continued success.

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President and CEO

Scott Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mirela Sterjo
Executive Assistant and Development Liaison

Executive Group

Anne Hammill
Director, Resilience
Matthew McCandless
Executive Director, IISD-ELA
Peter Wooders
Group Director, Energy
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Group Director, Economic Law & Policy
Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary
Scott Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jane McDonald
Managing Director

Research

Jo-Ellen Parry
Adaptation Lead
Henry David Venema
Director of Planning, Prairie Climate Centre
Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI
Vice-President, Reporting Services and United Nations Liaison
Lynn Wagner
Group Director, SDG Knowledge
Anne Hammill
Director, Resilience
Stefan Jungcurt
Lead, SDG Indicators and Monitoring
Alec Crawford
Senior Researcher
Richard Grosshans
Bioeconomy Lead
Dimple Roy
Director, Water
Oshani Perera
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance
Flavia Thomé
Senior Operations Manager
Livia Bizikova
Director, Knowledge for Integrated Decisions
Peter Wooders
Group Director, Energy
Philip Gass
Senior Policy Advisor, Energy and Lead, Indonesia
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Group Director, Economic Law & Policy
Christopher Beaton
Senior Policy Advisor GSI and Lead, India Program
Julie Dekens
Senior Researcher
Faye Leone
Project Manager, SDG Knowledge Hub
Lucy Kitson
Program Assistant and Policy Advisor
Daniella Echeverría
Project Manager
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy
Laura Merrill
GSI Operations Manager and Senior Policy Advisor
Joe Zhang
Law Advisor
Anika Terton
Project Officer
Geoffrey Gunn
Geographer
Jennifer Temmer
Project Officer
Hisham Osman
Hydrologist
Liesbeth Casier
Project Officer
David Uzsoki
Project Officer
Greg Radford
Director, IGF
Angélica V. Ospina
Senior Researcher, Adaptation
Yanick Touchette
Policy Advisor
Clémence Naré
Outreach and Engagement Manager, IGF
Laurin Wuennenberg
Researcher, Innovation
Ashley Racine
Research Specialist
Lourdes Sanchez
Policy Advisor
Patrick Guerdat
Developing Country Engagement Officer
Anna Zinecker
Policy Advisor
Clare Church
Research Officer
Kyle Wiebe
Project Officer
Anne Rooban
Project Officer
Marina Puzyreva
Policy Analyst
Benjamin Wielgosz
Agricultural Economist
Madeline Stanley
Project Officer
Cristina Larrea
Sustainability Standards Workstream Lead