World Resources Institute

Leadership & Staff

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Dan Lashof U.S. Director of World Resources Institute

• U.S. Director ('18→?)

MICHAEL MIEBACH CEO, Mastercard

• Board Member (Jan '22→?)

Christopher Delgado Sr. Fellow at the World Resources Institute

• Sr. Fellow, interactions among climate change, agriculture, and food security

Helen Mountford Director at New Climate Economy project; director at World Resources Institute

• Director of Economics

Manish Bapna World Resources Institute

• Interim President and CEO

Theodore Roosevelt IV Managing director at Barclays Capital; former managing director at Lehman Brothers

• Trustee

Bill Richardson Former Governor of New Mexico, former US Representative & Secretary of Energy

• Board Member (?→'19)

Andrew Light Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy

• Distinguished Senior Fellow

Christiana Figueres Founding Partner Global Optimism; Diplomat; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretary

• Board*

Jennifer Morgan Executive Director of Greenpeace International

• Director, Climate and Energy Program (past)

Board Members

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Jamshyd N Godrej Indian businessman

• Board Member

David Blood Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management

• Chairman

Kathleen A McGinty former Secretary of the Pennsylvania DEP; SVP, Weston Solutions

• Board Member

Leslie Dach Wal-Mart EVP for government relations

• Board Member

Roger W Sant Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation

• Board Member

Michael P Polsky Founder, President, and CEO - Invenergy, LLC

• Board Member

James W Owens The Business Council; Chairman & CEO of Caterpillar

• Board Member

Andrew Steer Bezos Earth Fund; Former President and CEO of the World Resources Institute

• President and CEO (?→'21)

Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss president and CEO of Rock Creek Group, hedge fund advisory firm

• Board Member

Kathleen Mclaughlin Senior VP and Chief Sustainability Officer for Walmart; President, Walmart Foundation

• Board Member

Donors

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Stephen M Ross Chairman, CEO And Founder of Related Companies

• Donor · 30,500,000 USD

Agency for Development Cooperation of Norway NORAD, Climate Change, Democracy, Education, Energy, Health Aid, Oil, Macroeconomics

• Donation/Grant · 16,193,040 USD

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

• Donation/Grant · 13,407,000 USD

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

• Donation/Grant · 7,733,837 USD

Bloomberg Philanthropies Includes Mike Bloomberg's personal giving and the Bloomberg Family Foundation

• Donation/Grant · 6,500,000 USD

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Family foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates

• Donation/Grant · 5,190,669 USD ('09)

Department for International Development of the UK

• Donation/Grant · 5,070,429 USD

The Stephen M Ross Foundation

• Donation/Grant · 5,000,000 USD

Federal Ministry for the Environment of Germany

• Donation/Grant · 4,145,801 USD

USAID Democratic Republic of Congo

• Donation/Grant · 2,500,000 USD

Donations

Global Green Growth Institute Promotes "green growth," established in 2012, at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

• Donation/Grant

Members

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Confluence Philanthropy Inc Oakland Based Membership Promoting International Deployment of Impact Capital

• Member

Equinor Norwegian energy company formerly known as Statoil

• CCG Member

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corporation "Old Disney"

• CCG Member

Walmart Inc. Retail merchandising

• CCG Member

United Parcel Service, Inc. American multinational shipping, supply chain management company

• CCG Member

Temasek Holdings Limited Singapore sovereign wealth fund

• CCG Member

Target Corporation Retail Company

• CCG Member

Royal Dutch Shell Global oil and gas corp

• CCG Member

Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceutical, consumer and animal health products manufacturer

• CCG Member

PepsiCo, Inc. Domestic and international beverage and snack food company

• CCG Member

Memberships

Confluence Philanthropy Inc Oakland Based Membership Promoting International Deployment of Impact Capital

• Member

50by40 50by40 collaborates with organisations around the world, each working to transform the global food system

• Member

Global Commons Alliance A partnership of more than 50 of the world’s most forward-looking organisations in philanthropy, science, business and advocacy.

• Member

Nature4Climate Agro-Forestry And Engineered Nature

• Partner

Tyson Foods, Inc. Poultry and beef

• CCG Member

Tetra Pak Global food processing and packaging company

• CCG Member

Climate Leadership Council International research and policy organization advocating effective, popular, and equitable climate solutions

• Founding Member (Feb 8 '17→?)

CEO Climate Dialogue Corporate- & fossil fuel industry-backed climate initiative

• Member

Miscellaneous Relationships

Connect4Climate

• Affiliation

Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy

• hosted at

Climate Policy Initiative World Bank-affiliated think tank researching climate solutions

• Affiliation

Energy Transitions Commission Prominent fossil fuel industry-funded organization focused on "low carbon" economic development

• Affiliation

Global Commission on the Economy and Climate International initiative "to analyse and communicate the economic benefits and costs of acting on climate change."

• partner