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President and CEO

Scott Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mirela Sterjo
Executive Assistant

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
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 Manager, Resilience
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
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
Madeline Stanley
Project Officer
Cristina Larrea
Sustainability Standards Workstream Lead
David McLaughlin
Director of Climate Change – Canada

IISD Experimental Lakes Area

Matthew McCandless
Executive Director, IISD-ELA
Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary
Michael Paterson
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Sumeep Bath
Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area
Scott Higgins
Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Chandra Rodgers
Fisheries Research Biologist, IISD-ELA
Michael Rennie
Research Fellow, IISD-ELA
Lee Hrenchuk
Biologist, IISD-ELA
Roger Mollot
Operations Manager, IISD-ELA
Mark Lyng
Special Projects Manager, IISD-ELA
John Neall
Facilities Manager, IISD-ELA
Sonya Havens
Research Chemist, IISD-ELA
Ken Sandilands
Biologist - Field Coordinator, IISD-ELA
Vince Palace
Head Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA
Dilibai Yunusi
Development Assistant, IISD-ELA
Paul Fafard
Field Sampling Technician, IISD-ELA
Cyndy Desjardins
Food Web Biologist
Tammy Hildebrand
Director of Development
Paul Blanchfield
Associate and Research Fellow
Jonathan Allaire
Assistant Facilities Manager
Lauren Hayhurst
Fisheries Research Biologist, IISD-ELA
Angela Reeves
Outreach and Education Officer, IISD-ELA

Communications

Katherine Clark
Senior Operations Manager, Communications
Sumeep Bath
Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area
Christian Ledwell
Program Manager, NAP Global Network
Ziona Eyob
Media and Communications Officer
Zahra Sethna
Director of Communications
Ryan Woo
Web and Digital Manager
Stacy Corneau
Media and Communications Officer
Elise Epp
Design and Production Assistant
Matthew TenBruggencate
Media and Communications Officer

Accounting

Elias Mukozi
Accounting Manager
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Maria dela Cruz
Program Financial Analyst
Ahmed Babou
Senior Program Analyst and Finance Manager
Kristan Aho
Program Financial Analyst
Vickie Roberts
Payroll & Benefits Administrator
Maria Martirez
Accounting Assistant
Habibat Abidemi (Abi) Ameen
Program Financial Analyst
Ramon Dator
Program Financial Analyst
Bréanne Marcon-Lajeunesse
Controller

Administration

Jacqueline Pilon
Human Resources and Information Systems Assistant
Lael Dyck
Program Assistant
Karen Goulding
Manager, Contracts and Administration
Diane Conolly
Contract and Project Administrator
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Elka Parveva-Kern
Contract and Project Administrator
Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy
Mirela Sterjo
Executive Assistant
Tristan Easton
Project Manager
Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA
Catherine Senecal
Grants Officer, National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
Cameron Hunter
Research Officer
Rachel Peterson
Human Resources Manager
Kyla Ramsey
Project Assistant
Travis Gowryluk
Financial Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy
Rebecca Meaton
Office Administrator
Joëlle Deschambault
Project Administrator
Joy De Los Reyes
Program Assistant, Economic Law and Policy
Gloria Sengutuvan
Program Assistant

Web / Information Technology

Jason Macki
Senior Software Developer
Rod Araneda
Director, Information and Corporate Systems