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![Lauren Herzer Risi](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/herzer_lauren.png)
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
![Claire Doyle](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Claire%20Doyle.jpeg)
Claire Doyle
Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
![Angus Soderberg headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/20230801WC_STAFF225.jpg)
Angus Soderberg
Program Coordinator, Environmental Change and Security Program
![Neeraja_Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Neeraja_Headshot.png)
Neeraja Kulkarni
Staff Intern, Environmental Change and Security Program
Fellows
![Ruth Greenspan Bell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/ruth_greenspan_bell.jpg)
Ruth Greenspan Bell
Public Policy Fellow;
Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute; Research Associate, Columbia University Business School’s Center for Decision Sciences
Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute; Research Associate, Columbia University Business School’s Center for Decision Sciences
![Cynthia Brady](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Cynthia%20Brady.jpeg)
Cynthia Brady
Global Fellow and Senior Advisor;
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Former Peacebuilding and Resilience Advisor (2018-2019) & Senior Peacebuilding and Conflict Advisor (2005-2018) U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
![Sharon Burke](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/sharon%20burke.jpg)
Sharon Burke
Global Fellow;
Founder and President, Ecospherics
Founder and President, Ecospherics
![Richard Cincotta](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/richard_cincotta.jpg)
Richard Cincotta
Global Fellow;
Demographer in Residence, The Stimson Center
Demographer in Residence, The Stimson Center
![Geoffrey D. Dabelko](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/dabelko-geoff.jpg)
Geoffrey D. Dabelko, PhD
Senior Advisor, ECSP; Former Director, ECSP;
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Professor and Associate Dean, George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University; Associate Senior Fellow, Environment of Peace Initiative, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
![Chantal de Jonge Oudraat](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/ChantalDeJongeOudraat.png)
Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
Global Fellow;
Member, Board of Directors of Women In International Security (WIIS) and its President from 2013-June 2021
Member, Board of Directors of Women In International Security (WIIS) and its President from 2013-June 2021
![Roger-Mark De Souza](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/rogermarkdesouza1.jpg)
Roger-Mark De Souza
Global Fellow and Advisor;
Vice President, Sustainable Markets, Pact
Vice President, Sustainable Markets, Pact
![Gordon Feller](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/feller.jpg)
Gordon Feller
Global Fellow;
Founder, Meeting of the Minds
Founder, Meeting of the Minds
![Sheryl Gay Stolberg](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Stolbergheadshot9324.jpg)
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Public Policy Fellow;
Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
Featured
![Renata Giannini](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/RenataGiannini_web.png)
Renata Giannini
Fellow;
Independent Scholar
Independent Scholar
![Jack A. Goldstone](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/jack_goldstone_for_web.jpg)
Jack A. Goldstone
Global Fellow;
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Wilson Center Fellow
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; Wilson Center Fellow
Featured
![Sherri Goodman, photo taken by Kristina Sherk](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/SherriGoodman_web.png)
Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute and Environmental Change & Security Program;
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024.
Author, Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership & the Fight for Global Security, coming in 2024.
![Jay_Gribble_headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Jay%20Gribble.jpg)
Jay Gribble
Global Fellow;
Senior Director and Deputy Director, Health Policy Plus Project, Palladium
Senior Director and Deputy Director, Health Policy Plus Project, Palladium
![Sharon Guynup](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/sharon_guynup.jpg)
Sharon Guynup
Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Fellow;
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets
Environmental journalist and author; Contributor, The New York Times, National Geographic, and other outlets
![James Hollifield](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/james_hollifield.jpg)
James Hollifield
RAFDI Working Group Co-chair; Global Fellow;
Professor of Political Science and Director, Tower Center SMU
Professor of Political Science and Director, Tower Center SMU
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
Global Fellow;
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
![Image - Jewellord Nem Singh](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Jewellord%20Nem%20Singh.jpg)
Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh
Global Fellow;
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
![Meaghan Parker](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Meagan_Parker.jpg)
Meaghan Parker
Public Policy Fellow;
Chair, Future Council of the Society of Environmental Journalists
Chair, Future Council of the Society of Environmental Journalists
![Blair A. Ruble](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/blair_ruble.jpg)
Blair A. Ruble
Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)
![Aaron Salzberg Profile](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/salzberg.jpg)
Aaron Salzberg
Global Fellow;
Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina
Director of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina
![Peter Schwartzein](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/peterschwartzstein.jpg)
Peter Schwartzstein
Global Fellow;
Environmental Journalist
Environmental Journalist
Featured
![Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/JDSCIUBBA_editedheadshot_2018_small_cropped.jpeg.png)
Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba
Fellow