Our People
IISD's people are the key to our continued success.
President and CEO
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Richard Florizone
President and CEO
Senior Management
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Jane McDonald
Managing Director -
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Senior Director, Economic Law & Policy -
Erik Davies
Director, Reporting Services -
Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary -
Anne Hammill
Senior Director, Resilience -
Matthew McCandless
Senior Director, Fresh Water & Executive Director, IISD-ELA -
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -
Zahra Sethna
Director, Communications -
Louis St-Cyr
Director, Philanthropy -
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress -
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy
Research
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Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Senior Director, Economic Law & Policy -
Anne Hammill
Senior Director, Resilience -
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress -
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy -
Alec Crawford
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, ECP -
Alexandra Readhead
Lead, Tax and Extractives -
Alice Tipping
Lead, Fisheries Subsidies -
Anika Terton
Policy Advisor -
Anne Rooban
Policy Analyst -
Beth Timmers
Project Manager, Tracking Progress -
Cameron Hunter
Policy Analyst -
Carin Smaller
Director, Agriculture, Trade & Investment -
Christian Ledwell
Manager, NAP Global Network -
Christopher Beaton
Senior Policy Advisor GSI and Lead, India Program -
Clare Church
Policy Analyst -
Clémence Naré
Outreach Manager and Law Advisor, IGF -
Cristina Larrea
Lead, Sustainability Standards -
Daniel Morchain
Policy Advisor, Adaptation -
David Hoffmann
Policy Analyst -
David Uzsoki
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance -
Dimple Roy
Director, Water Management -
Eleonora Bonaccorsi
Junior Project Officer, SDG Knowledge -
Ezra Campbell
Project Manager, Resilience -
Faye Leone
Senior Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress -
Flavia Thomé
Senior Operations Manager -
Francine Picard Mukazi
Policy Advisor -
Geoffrey Gunn
Policy Advisor – Data and Technology -
Greg Radford
Director, IGF -
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Lead, Sustainable Energy Supplies -
Jennifer Covert
Senior Program Manager, Development -
Jo-Ellen Parry
Director, Adaptation (Canada) -
Joe Zhang
Senior Law Advisor -
Joey Simoes
Hydrologist -
Jonathan Hepburn
Senior Policy Advisor -
Julie Dekens
Senior Researcher -
Kali Taylor
Policy Advisor, Geneva 2030 Ecosystem -
Laurin Wuennenberg
Policy Analyst -
Liesbeth Casier
Policy Advisor -
Livia Bizikova
Lead, Monitoring and Governance, Tracking Progress -
Lourdes Sanchez
Policy Advisor -
Madeline Stanley
Project Officer -
Marina Puzyreva
Policy Analyst -
Mostafa Mostafa
Policy Analyst, Energy -
Oshani Perera
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure -
Pamela Chasek
Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin -
Patrick Guerdat
Policy Analyst -
Philip Gass
Senior Policy Advisor, Energy and Lead, Indonesia -
Rashmi Jose
Policy Advisor -
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Renewable Energy -
Richard Grosshans
Lead, Bioeconomy -
Sara Elder
Policy Advisor, Standards Workstream -
Soledad Leal Campos
Senior Policy Advisor -
Sophia Murphy
Senior Specialist, Agriculture, Trade and Investment -
Stefan Jungcurt
Lead, SDG Indicators and Data -
Thomas Lassourd
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives -
Tristan Irschlinger
Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies -
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Analyst, Energy
IISD Experimental Lakes Area
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Pauline Gerrard
Deputy Director, IISD-ELA and Corporate Secretary -
Matthew McCandless
Senior Director, Fresh Water & Executive Director, IISD-ELA -
Cory Egan
Facilities Maintenance Technician, IISD-ELA -
Cyndy Desjardins
Food Web Biologist -
Dilber Yunus
Outreach Officer, IISD-ELA -
Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA -
Erin Bend
Officer, Philanthropy, IISD-ELA -
John Neall
Facilities Manager, IISD-ELA -
Ken Sandilands
Biologist - Field Coordinator, IISD-ELA -
Lauren Hayhurst
Fisheries Research Biologist, IISD-ELA -
Lauren Timlick
Environmental Technician, IISD-ELA -
Lee Hrenchuk
Biologist, IISD-ELA -
Lubna Seal
Junior Data Scientist, IISD-ELA -
Michael Paterson
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA -
Paul Fafard
Field Sampling Technician, IISD-ELA -
Roger Mollot
Operations Manager, IISD-ELA -
Sarah Warrack
Outreach and Education Officer, IISD-ELA -
Scott Higgins
Research Scientist, IISD-ELA -
Sonya Havens
Research Chemist, IISD-ELA -
Sumeep Bath
Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area -
Vince Palace
Head Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Communications
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Zahra Sethna
Director, Communications -
Katherine Clark
Senior Communications Manager -
Cesar Henrique Arrais
Communications Assistant, NAP Global Network -
Elise Epp
Graphic Designer -
Matthew TenBruggencate
Media and Communications Officer -
Paulina Resich
Media and Communications Officer -
Ryan Woo
Web and Digital Manager -
Samantha Zhang
Policy Analyst -
Sofia Baliño
Communications Officer -
Sumeep Bath
Communications Manager, IISD Experimental Lakes Area -
Vanessa Farquharson
Communications Manager, Editorial Strategy
Accounting
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Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -
Ahmed Babou
Senior Program Analyst and Finance Manager -
Bréanne Marcon-Lajeunesse
Controller -
Elias Mukozi
Accounting Manager -
Jacqueline Evans-Lesse
Program Financial Analyst -
Kristan Aho
Program Financial Analyst -
Maria Martirez
Accounting Assistant -
Marilou Ibe
Program Financial Analyst -
Ramon Dator
Program Financial Analyst -
Rotimi Akinronbi
Program Financial Analyst -
Vickie Roberts
Payroll & Benefits Administrator
Administration
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Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -
Anastasia Tertigka
Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary -
Brice Li
Project Manager -
Catherine Senecal
Senior Project Manager -
Catherine van Reenen
Project Coordinator -
Donna Laroque
Program Assistant, IISD-ELA -
Elka Parveva-Kern
Contract and Project Manager -
Gloria Sengutuvan
Program Assistant -
Itika Singh
HR Generalist -
Joëlle Deschambault
Project Manager -
Joy De Los Reyes
Program Assistant, Economic Law and Policy -
Karen Goulding
Manager, Contracts and Administration -
Kyla Ramsey
Project Assistant -
Lael Dyck
Program Assistant -
Lama Abdellatif
Project Assistant -
Maria Carmona
Contract Administrator -
Myriam Schmid
Senior Operations Manager, Energy -
Peter Hach
Project Manager -
Rebecca Meaton
Office Administrator -
Samantha Zhang
Policy Analyst -
Susan Sekirime
Project Manager -
Tristan Easton
Project Manager
Web / Information Technology
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Rod Araneda
Director, Information and Corporate Systems -
Jason Macki
Senior Software Developer