Hi my name is Evan. I’m the Chief Data & AI Officer at World Resources Institute. I build technical institutions and teams that help communities thrive and adapt to change. Views expressed here are fully my own.

Prior to joining WRI, I was Director of Innovation and Lead Data Scientist at the Rockefeller Foundation, where I founded its AI portfolio and served as its first data scientist. Before that I led research and analytics at Media Development Investment Fund, managed media and technology programs for IREX across the Middle East, and was a Fulbright Fellow in Azerbaijan. I’m a data scientist and cartographer by training with a master’s in quantitative methods from Columbia University and bachelor’s in political science and psychology from Hiram College.

On the side, I still make maps, mostly about American cities. Projects include Cleveland in 50 Maps, the inaugural title in Belt Publishing’s 50 Maps Series and an atlas of my home region, Northeast Ohio; and the data visualization for Rat Film, an award-winning documentary that uses Baltimore’s rats to explore the city’s past, present, and future.

Questions, comments, or new ideas? Get in touch here, or find me on X and are.na.