WHO WE ARE
Program Staff
Featured
![Michael Sfraga](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/mike-sfraga-resized.jpg)
Dr. Michael Sfraga
Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute // Chair, US Arctic Research Commission
Featured
![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
Featured
![Sarah Barnes Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Sarahheadshot2.jpg)
Sarah B. Barnes
Director, Maternal Health Initiative
![Allison Garland](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/allison_garland.jpg)
Allison Garland
Project Director, Urban Sustainability Laboratory
![Amanda King](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/29914328628_d0238e57d1_k.jpg)
Amanda King
Former Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
![Jack Durkee picture](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/IMG_8557.jpg)
Jack Durkee
Senior Program Associate, Polar Institute // Manager, Arctic Infrastructure Inventory
Fellows
Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Fellow;
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nebraska Omaha
![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
![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
![Image - Thomas Oatley Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Oatley%20headshot.jpg)
Thomas Oatley
Fellow;
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
![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)