Meet the Brazil Institute Team

Bruna Santos

Director, Brazil Institute

Giulia Branco Spiess

Program Coordinator, Brazil Institute

Renata Giannini

Former Fellow;
Independent Scholar

Jennifer Eaglin, PhD

Fellow;
Associate Professor of Environmental History/Sustainability, Ohio State University

Raoni Rajão

Former Fellow;
Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Social Studies of Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

Ana Janaina Nelson

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, US Department of Defense

Paula Tavares

Global Fellow;
Senior Legal and Gender Specialist, World Bank

Nicholas Zimmerman

Global Fellow

Luiza Duarte

Global Fellow;
PhD in Political Science and Foreign Correspondent

Fernando Limongi

Former Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science, University of São Paulo

Natalie Unterstell

Global Fellow;
President, Talanoa; member, UN Green Climate Fund’s accreditation panel

Milton Seligman

Former Global Fellow

Roberto Simon

Former Public Policy Scholar;
Lead Client Intelligence Group (CIG) UBS

Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva

Former Fellow, Global Fellow;
Professor, Insper; Special Advisor, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski

Global Fellow;
Executive Vice President, VR Investment

Paulo Sotero

Distinguished Fellow