As Director of Climate Strategy, Jonah leads SWA’s decarbonization efforts, overseeing the implementation and advancement of the firm’s Climate Action Plan. He drives innovative climate engagement across SWA’s global portfolio, ensuring climate-positive strategies are embedded into every facet of the firm’s operations and design processes. Additionally, Jonah directs applied research related to wildfire risk mitigation, coastal resilience, and climate adaptation. He has held research and teaching appointments at MIT and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Before joining SWA, he directed research at MIT’s Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism. Jonah holds a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University, where his thesis won an ASLA Honor Award, and a BFA in sculpture and critical visual studies from Pratt Institute.

Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2017)

Design With Nature Now, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (2019)

Wood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial, Actar (2019)

Playbook for the Pyrocene (2023)

Hot, Dry, Burnt: Adapting to Climate Change in the American West, ASLA National Conference (2024)

SWA Climate Action Plan (2024)

Reading the Low-Carbon Landscape, LAF Future Now Summit (2026)

Atlas of Infrastructure Adaptation (2026)