Alexia Kelly is a Senior Associate in the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) Climate and Energy Program. Alexia’s work at WRI focuses on greenhouse gas emission markets and federal climate change mitigation policy and program design. In addition, Alexia is a faculty member of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, where she co-developed and instructs a course on greenhouse gas project-level accounting. Prior to joining WRI Alexia served as the Policy Program Manager at The Climate Trust, where she managed the organization’s policy engagement and initiatives. While at The Climate Trust Alexia also managed the Offset Quality Initiative, a cooperative consortium of six leading non-profit organizations focused on the promotion of high-quality GHG offset policy.

Alexia holds a B.A. in Planning, Public Policy and Management, a Master of Community and Regional Planning and a Master of Public Administration, from the University of Oregon.