Our People
IISD's people are the key to our continued success.
President and CEO
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Scott Vaughan
President and Chief Executive Officer -
Mirela Sterjo
Executive Assistant and Development Liaison
Executive Group
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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
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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
IISD Experimental Lakes Area
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Matthew McCandless
Executive Director, IISD-ELA -
Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary -
Michael Paterson
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA -
Sumeep Bath
Media and Communications Officer -
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
Communications
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Katherine Clark
Senior Operations Manager, Communications -
Sumeep Bath
Media and Communications Officer -
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
Accounting
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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 -
Steve Marr
Corporate Controller -
Kristan Aho
Program Financial Analyst -
Vickie Roberts
Payroll & Benefits Administrator -
Maria Martirez
Accounting Assistant -
Marilou Ibe
Program Financial Analyst -
Habibat Abidemi (Abi) Ameen
Program Financial Analyst -
Ramon Dator
Program Financial Analyst
Administration
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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 and Development Liaison -
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
Web / Information Technology
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Jason Macki
Senior Software Developer -
Rod Araneda
Director, Information and Corporate Systems