MK Matti Sarfatti Harcavi was the Mayor of Yoav Regional Council for nearly 12 years, and has been a Member of Knesset for the Yesh Atid Party since November 2022. She has a PhD in plant genetics from the Hebrew University and prior to her election as mayor she was a researcher in vegetable breeding and product manager at Hazera Genetics Ltd. MK Sarfatti Harcavi served as treasurer of the Association of Towns for Environmental Protection in the Ashkelon District, and as Deputy Chair of the Association of Towns. She also served as the representative of the Center of Regional Councils in Israel's Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) National Committee, as well as the representative of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel in the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). MK Sarfatti Harcavi is a recipient of the Green Globe award for 2015 on behalf of Life and Environment, and of the Negev Citation for Environmental Protection for 2017.
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