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    Our active and highly diverse Board of Directors is substantially engaged in WRI’s strategic direction and its program planning and outcomes.

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    Board of Directors

    • David Blood
      David Blood

      Chair, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Founding Partner and the Senior Partner, Generation Investment Management

    • Pamela P. Flaherty

      Vice Chair, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Former President and CEO, Citi Foundation; Former Director of Corporate Citizenship, Citi

    • Daniel Weiss
      Daniel Weiss

      Vice Chair, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Angeleno Group

    • Clara Barby.
      Clara Barby

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Senior Partner, Just Climate

    • Stephen Brenninkmeijer

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Founder and Principal, Willows Investments

    • Jesper Brodin
      Jesper Brodin

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Senior Advisor, IKEA Foundation

    • Sharan Burrow.
      Sharan Burrow

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation

    • William Chen

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Founding Managing Partner, ClearVue Partners

    • Eric Garcetti.
      Eric Garcetti

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Ambassador for Global Climate Diplomacy, C40 Cities

    • Jamshyd N. Godrej

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors; Chair, WRI India Board of Directors
      Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd., India

    • Lawrence E. Jones
      Lawrence E. Jones

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      President & Chief Empowerment and Futures Officer, Energy Plexus Institute

    • Frannie Léautier
      Frannie Léautier

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Senior Partner and CEO, SouthBridge Investments

    • Carlos Lopes
      Carlos Lopes

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Professor, Nelson Mandela School, University of Cape Town; Chair of the African Climate Foundation Board; Former Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

    • Yunli Lou
      Yunli Lou

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Founder and Managing Partner of Milestone Capital Partners

    • Cecilia Martinez.
      Cecilia Martinez

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors; WRI Mexico Board of Directors
      Former Director of the UN-Habitat

    • Kathleen McLaughlin
      Kathleen McLaughlin

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart Inc.

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      Michael Miebach

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard

    • Mari Elka Pangestu

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Professor of International Economic University of Indonesia

    • Michael Polsky
      Michael Polsky

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors

      Founder and Executive Chairman, Invenergy

    • Jennifer Scully-Lerner

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Vice President of Private Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs

    • Johannes van de Ven.
      Johannes van de Ven

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors; Chair, WRI Brasil Board of Directors
      Executive Director of Good Energies Foundation

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      Gloria Walton

      Member, WRI Global Board of Directors
      President & CEO, The Solutions Project

    • Ani Dasgupta
      Ani Dasgupta

      President & CEO, World Resources Institute

    Emeritus Board of Directors

    • James A. Harmon

      Chair Emeritus
      Chairman, Caravel Management LLC; former President of the Export-Import Bank, United States

    • Harriet C. Babbitt

      Vice Chair Emerita
      Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, United States

    • Frances Beinecke.
      Frances Beinecke

      Member Emerita 
      President Emerita of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

    • Alice F. Emerson

      Vice Chair Emerita
      President Emerita, Wheaton College, United States

    • Jonathan Lash

      President Emeritus
      Former President, Hampshire College

    • Roger W. Sant.
      Roger W. Sant

      Member Emeritus
      Chairman, The Summit Foundation; Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation

    • James Gustave Speth

      Founder and Trustee Emeritus
      Former Administrator, United Nations Development Programme, United States

    • Andrew Steer
      Sir Andrew Steer

      President and CEO Emeritus 
      Professor in Practice, Global School of Sustainability, The London School of Economics and Political Science

    • Susan Tierney

      Vice Chair Emerita, WRI Global Board of Directors
      Senior Advisor, Analysis Group, Inc