List of expert staff

  • Xie (Ph.D), Donglai
    Senior Scientist II, China & Canada Methane

    Areas of expertise: Oil and gas, methane science, hydrogen production

  • Yang, Hanling
    Senior Director, Energy Transition-Asia

    Areas of expertise: Environmental law, land use, and climate change.

  • Yarborough, Alex
    Director, Fisheries & Oceans Operations

    Areas of expertise: Strategic planning, organizational capacity-building, program operations, fisheries management, small-scale fisheries.

  • Yawanarajah (Ph.D), Shareen
    Director, Global Energy Transition

    Areas of expertise: International energy policy, international methane policy, oil and gas industry operations, research and development

  • Young, Jeffrey
    Senior Manager, Global Capacity Development

    Areas of expertise: Secure fishing rights design, small-scale fisheries, training and capacity building, human-centered design, virtual and in-person facilitation, collaborative learning networks, e-learning

  • Zalzal, Peter
    Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies

    Areas of expertise:

  • Zapata, Pedro
    Senior Director, Global Fisheries & Oceans Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Small-scale fisheries, fisheries policy, multilateral institutions, campaigns, blue economy.

  • Zavala-Araiza, Dr. Daniel
    Senior Scientist II

    Areas of expertise: Methane emissions, environmental impacts of energy systems, environmental justice

  • Zhang, Mengyun
    Program Manager

    Areas of expertise: Technology innovation, pilot project, community engagement, conservation and air quality

  • Zhao, Xiaolu
    Senior Director, Climate

    Areas of expertise: Carbon markets, economics, climate change, China climate, environment policy and industry decarbonization

  • Zhong, Betty
    Manager, Climate Corps, China & India

    Areas of expertise: Climate Corps, program management, corporate partnerships

  • Zimmerman, Michael
    Senior Attorney, Electrification

    Areas of expertise: Utility regulation and transportation electrification