Meet the team.
Alysha Ulrich
Alysha Ulrich is an Energy Efficiency Engineer at Ecometric. Alysha has a B.S. in Earth Science & Policy from the Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College. She is a published researcher through Stanford University and the Pennsylvania State University. She loves watermelon, spending time outdoors, and Reddit.
Isabella Briseño Elalfi
Isabella Briseño Elalfi is a communications specialist who focuses on building outreach campaigns, events, and partnership networks. Bella previously worked at the United Nations Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, where she led the design of social media campaigns, ranging from annual report features to youth engagement. She also has worked for startups including Project17, where she coordinated events such as the first 100% renewable-powered concert in the middle of Times Square, New York. Bella has a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management and B.A. in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University.
Jenna Zweizig
Jenna Ulrich is an Energy Operations Engineer at the Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute. She acts as an advisor for state government and non-profit entities by conducting energy market analyses, developing energy procurement and price-risk management strategies, and reporting on avoided cost projections by modeling utility price-to-compares. She also assists with renewable energy project developments, especially concerning solar power and natural gas. She has a B.S. in BioRenewable Systems and a M.P.S. in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems from the Pennsylvania State University.
Kathleen McGowan
Kathleen is an Environmental Compliance Specialist for OWL Services, working in the Managed Services Department, handling the compliance side of underground storage systems (USTs) in fuel. She also works part-time as a Volunteer Coordinator for non-profit Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance (UGATA) in Greenville, SC. She has previous experience serving for UGATA through AmeriCorps, building trails and expanding greenways in the upstate of South Carolina. Kathleen has a B.S. in Earth Sciences with a focus in Watersheds & Water Resources and Geography as well as a certificate in Geographic Information Science (GIS) from the Pennsylvania State University.
Wylie Feaster
Wylie is a Climate Change Training and Education Specialist for the State of Delaware, where he develops and implements targeted environmental training and educational programming for state and local government officials and broader public audiences. He has previous experience managing energy efficiency and renewable energy rebate programs and contributing to the planning of federal energy grant initiatives under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, through Delaware’s State Energy Office. Wylie has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Delaware.
Nickolas Bartel
Nickolas is the Clean Air Campaign Manager at PennFuture, a Pennsylvania-wide environmental advocacy nonprofit, where he works on air quality policy focused on emissions accountability and sustainable economic development in the industrial sector. He serves on the advisory board of the Community Project Hub of Southwestern PA, which offers no-cost support to municipalities, nonprofits, and community organizations turning ideas into action. Raised in Pittsburgh, he holds a Bachelor's degree in political science, environmental studies, and Spanish from Washington & Jefferson College and a Master of Science in Public Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Outside of work, he enjoys nature photography, cooking international foods, Star Wars, political dramas, and festivals.
