Our People

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

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Senior Management

Jane McDonald
Interim President and CEO
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Group Director, Economic Law & Policy
Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary
Anne Hammill
Director, Resilience
Matthew McCandless
Executive Director, IISD-ELA
David McLaughlin
Director of Climate Change – Canada
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Zahra Sethna
Director of Communications
Lynn Wagner
Group Director, SDG Knowledge and Interim Director, Reporting Services
Peter Wooders
Director, Energy
Gisele Hadaller
Director, Human Resources

Research

Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Group Director, Economic Law & Policy
Anne Hammill
Director, Resilience
David McLaughlin
Director of Climate Change – Canada
Lynn Wagner
Group Director, SDG Knowledge and Interim Director, Reporting Services
Peter Wooders
Director, Energy
Alec Crawford
Senior Researcher
Alice Tipping
Lead, Fisheries Subsidies
Anika Terton
Project Manager, Resilience
Anne Rooban
Project Officer
Cameron Hunter
Research Officer
Carin Smaller
Senior Policy Advisor and Team Leader, Agriculture and Investment
Christian Ledwell
Program Manager, NAP Global Network
Christopher Beaton
Senior Policy Advisor GSI and Lead, India Program
Clare Church
Research Officer
Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF
Cristina Larrea
Sustainability Standards Workstream Lead
Daniella Echeverría
Project Manager
David Hoffmann
Policy Analyst
David Uzsoki
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance and Infrastructure
Dimple Roy
Director, Water Management
Eleonora Bonaccorsi
Junior Project Officer, SDG Knowledge
Faye Leone
Project Manager, SDG Knowledge
Flavia Thomé
Senior Operations Manager
Francine Picard Mukazi
Policy Advisor
Geoffrey Gunn
Geographer
Greg Radford
Director, IGF
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies
Jennifer Covert
Senior Manager, Development and Executive Coordinator
Jennifer Temmer
Project Manager, SDG Knowledge
Jo-Ellen Parry
Adaptation Lead
Joe Zhang
Law Advisor
Julie Dekens
Senior Researcher
Kali Taylor
Analyst, Geneva 2030 Ecosystem
Laura Merrill
GSI Manager and Senior Policy Advisor
Laurin Wuennenberg
Researcher, Innovation
Liesbeth Casier
Project Officer
Livia Bizikova
Director, SDG Knowledge
Lourdes Sanchez
Policy Advisor
Madeline Stanley
Project Officer
Marina Puzyreva
Policy Analyst
Oshani Perera
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance
Pamela Chasek
Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Patrick Guerdat
Country Engagement Officer
Philip Gass
Senior Policy Advisor, Energy and Lead, Indonesia
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy
Richard Grosshans
Bioeconomy Lead
Sophia Murphy
Senior Specialist, Agriculture and Investment
Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Analyst, Energy