Our people
NRGI engages high-performing professionals with expertise in global development, economics, law and operations. Meet our teams:
Senior Management
  Suneeta Kaimal
President and Chief Executive Officer
  Luis M. García
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
  Patrick Heller
Chief Program Officer
  Ana Carolina González Espinosa
Senior Director for Programs
  Liz McGrath
Managing Director
Latin America
  Juan Luis Dammert
Latin America Director
  Fernanda Ballesteros
Mexico Country Manager
  Anna Cartagena
Communications Officer, Latin America
  Melissa Marengo
Senior Program Officer
  Fernando Patzy
Andean Manager
  Juliana Peña Niño
Latin America Senior Officer
  Ricardo Troncoso
Mexico Officer
Middle East and North Africa
  Laury Haytayan
Middle East and North Africa Director
  Wissem Heni
Tunisia Country Manager
  Hanen Keskes
Middle East and North Africa Senior Officer
  Abir Yahyaoui
Tunisia Officer
Sub-Saharan Africa
  Nafi Chinery
Africa Director
  Alex Ampaabeng
Senior Economic Analyst
  Abdoulaye Ba
Africa Data and Research Officer
  Paul Bagabo
Senior Officer
  Mohamed Cisse
Guinea Program Associate
  Papa Daouda Diene
Africa Economic Analyst
  Mamady Diango
Guinea Project Assistant
  Aida Diop
Senegal Senior Program Officer
  Tengi George-Ikoli
Senior Officer
  Denis Gyeyir
Africa Senior Program Officer
  Theonestina Kassiga
Program Associate
Ann-Mary Kusiima Otedor
Uganda Program Associate
  Moses Kulaba
East Africa Regional Manager
  Asna Ndao
Program Associate, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (USAID TRACES)
  Silas Olan'g
Africa Energy Transition Advisor
  Angela Puplampu
Administrative Assistant
  Sophia Rwegellera
Tanzania Senior Officer
  Ndiaye Sarr Sylla
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist (USAID TRACES)
  Mamadou Seck
Regional Manager for Francophone West and Central Africa
  Ousmane Touré
Communications Officer (USAID TRACES)
Roger Vutsoro
Democratic Republic of the Congo Country Manager
Asia-Pacific
  Dorjdari Namkhaijantsan
Mongolia Manager
Zoljargal Naranbaatar
Mongolia Officer
  Solongo Otgonbayar
Mongolia Program Assistant
Governance
  Matthieu Salomon
Acting Governance Programs Director | Lead, Anticorruption
  Erica Westenberg
Governance Programs Director
  Susannah Fitzgerald
Governance Officer
  Antonio Hill
Advisor
  Phesheya Nxumalo
Program Assistant
  Robert Pitman
Senior Governance Officer
Aaron Sayne
Lead, Domestic Energy Transition
Legal & Economic
  Amir Shafaie
Legal and Economic Programs Director
  William Davis
Senior Economic Analyst
  Andrea Furnaro
Policy Analyst
  David Manley
Lead Economic Analyst – Energy Transition
  Thomas Scurfield
Africa Senior Economic Analyst
  Nicola Woodroffe
Senior Legal Analyst
Capacity Development
  Lucain Nyassi Tchakounte
Capacity Development Officer
  Matteo Molineris
Capacity Development Officer
Communications
  Lee Bailey
Communications Director
  Gabriela Flores Zavala
Communications Strategy Consultant
  Alexandra Malmqvist
Senior Communications Officer
  Alice Perepyolkina
Communications Associate
Fundraising
  Laura Whitwell
Fundraising Director
  Sarah Backstrand
Fundraising Associate
  Camila Gomez-Perales
Fundraising Manager
Operations
  Martin James
International Finance and Compliance Director
  Helen Suwannawongse
Human Resources Director
  Noelah Arhalimba Mushaga
Finance and Administration Associate
Sandra Ávila
Latin America Office Manager
  Agatha Faidoo
International Human Resources Manager
  Victoria Iyobhebhe
Human Resources Officer
  Munyaradzi J. Mutambanengwe
Finance and Administrative Associate
  Marie Mbathio Ndiaye
Finance and Administrative Assistant
  Cedric Mouna Poughue
Finance and Compliance Coordinator (Francophone Africa)
  Emmanuel Niina
Africa Finance Officer
Edelyne Paul
Accounting and Human Resources Support Officer
Senior Management Support
Emma Dahmani
Program and Administrative Assistant
  Aye Kyithar Swe
Chief of Staff
  Jennifer Wilkinson
Board Liaison and Program Assistant