Reyna Cohen

Cohen is a Research & Policy Development Associate at the Cornell ILR Climate Jobs Institute.

Cohen’s work focuses on tackling climate change through the lens of economic and environmental justice.

Before her role at CJI, Cohen served as the Just Transition Policy Manager for ALIGN & NY Renews, organizing labor unions in support of climate justice policy and developing and helping to pass the most ambitious labor standards in the country here in New York. Cohen has also led campaigns to help secure $500M in electric school bus funding in New York and developed equity and social justice policy frameworks for the City and County of Honolulu. 

Reyna received her M.Sc. in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and her MA from the University of Edinburgh.