Program Staff & Experts
Program Staff
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Amanda King
Former Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
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)
Fitz Nicholas
Contractor, Environmental Change and Security Program
Tim Campbell
Global Fellow;
Consultant, Urban Affairs
Consultant, Urban Affairs
Gordon Feller
Global Fellow;
Founder, Meeting of the Minds
Founder, Meeting of the Minds
Bessy Kong
Global Fellow, Former Public Policy Scholar;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Housing and Urban Development
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Housing and Urban Development
Robert H. McNulty
Global Fellow;
President, Partners for Livable Communities
President, Partners for Livable Communities
Hank Savitch
Global Fellow;
Brown & Williamson Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville
Brown & Williamson Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
Global Fellow;
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Visiting Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg