Yoni joined the Woodlands Partnership in 2026 as the first Program Director, where he works with representatives from 21 towns and other collaborators to advance forest conservation and sustainable rural development in northwest Massachusetts. He worked previously as Director of Conservation and Sustainability for the city of Holyoke and as an urban forester for the Massachusetts DCR Greening the Gateway Cities Program. Yoni holds a B.A. in Environmental Science from Earlham College and an M.S. in Forestry from the Yale School of the Environment, and is an ISA certified arborist.