Iyla Shornstein

Political Director

Iyla Shornstein is the Political Director at the Center for Climate Integrity, where she oversees the organization's state and local political strategies.

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, Iyla 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 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 75+ houseplants.