Iyla Shornstein

Iyla Shornstein is the Political Director at the Center for Climate Integrity, where she develops and oversees the organization's state and local political and advocacy strategies. Her work is centered on outreach, education, and engagement of public officials on the issue of climate accountability, with a goal to build and strengthen the national movement to hold Big Oil accountable for their devastating lies. Iyla also directs CCI's state legislative program aimed at recovering costs for victims of climate disasters, strengthening environmental marketing laws, and more. 

Before joining CCI in 2020, Iyla worked on a number of political campaigns at the local, state, and federal level in New York, Virginia, and Ohio. Prior to her campaign work, she spent three years at an agricultural nonprofit in New York's Hudson Valley. Iyla holds a Masters degree in Environmental Policy from Bard College, where she received the Rachel Carson award for her research quantifying the influence of fossil fuel campaign contributions on congressional voting behavior.

Originally from the Catskills, Iyla currently lives in Portland, Maine, where she spends her free time exploring the rocky coast and tending to her collection of 50+ houseplants.