Aiyana Bodi supports Project Drawdown’s fundraising efforts with major donors. She utilizes her expertise as a communicator, researcher, and project manager to cultivate and expand the organization’s major gifts program. She has a decade of experience in sustainability research and writing, partnership and program development, and climate education and communications. She strives to bring data, people, and resources together for scalable impact — all while telling a compelling story.
Aiyana spent her first five years with Project Drawdown in corporate partnerships, specifically leading work to engage corporate employees on climate action through resources, trainings, and other media.
Previously, she worked at a land trust where she engaged policymakers and other stakeholders to bolster forest conservation and climate policies at the state and federal levels. Aiyana also served as a fellow at Mighty Earth, where she conducted a meta-analysis on the social, economic, and environmental benefits of agroforestry to inform advocacy efforts, and engaged with global rubber industry representatives to promote sustainable supply chain practices.
Aiyana holds a master of public administration in environmental science and policy from Columbia University, where she worked as a research assistant to a lead author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, led a consulting project for the World Resources Institute on global land restoration policies, and conducted an independent study on climate communications. She earned a bachelor of science in ecology and geology from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, her home state. She is now based in Brooklyn, New York. In her free time, you’ll find Aiyana making pottery, learning Korean, and hanging out with her cat.