Ilyna Wisteria
Ilyna Wisteria is a first-year Master’s in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, focusing on how finance, business and policy can accelerate the energy transition and advance sustainable, equitable development. Before HKS, she worked as a management consultant across Asia, the Middle East, and the United States, advising governments and Fortune 500 companies on business strategy, supply chain design, and organizational transformation. Earlier in her career, she drove growth and product strategy and supply-chain digitalization across two leading consumer-technology platforms in Asia. Ilyna also served as Curator and Impact Officer of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community in Singapore, leading national initiatives on civic engagement and education and economic equity. She represented Singapore as Youth Delegate to COP29 and has shaped discussions and presented policy insights at international forums like the UN and EU-ASEAN Youth Summit on hybrid security and climate cooperation.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.