Kiersten Iwai

Kiersten Iwai (she/her) brings experience and expertise in digital communications, climate justice, youth organizing, and diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks. She is in her second year as Executive Director of Forward Montana, a statewide organization that builds the political power of young people in Montana. Driven by a sustainable and just vision of the future, Kiersten previously worked as a Digital and Climate Campaigner with Stand.earth and Organizing Representative with the Sierra Club. She earned her Masters of Public Administration from Montana State University, served survivors of domestic violence as a weekend advocate at Haven, and co-founded Earthtone Outside MT. If not fighting structures of oppression you find Kiersten exploring in the mountains or dancing in the streets.