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Nora Lovrien
Research Project Coordinator
Nora Lovrien researches state and international energy policy, focusing on renewable energy, hydrogen, and efficiency and conservation policy. Before joining CEEEP, she was a research associate at the Committee for Economic Development, a business- and academic-led policy research institute in Washington, D.C., where she concentrated on public and private sector early education, welfare reform, and urban growth policy issues. She is a 2001 graduate of Macalester College, earning a B.A. in economics and political science, and also earned a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the Bloustein School, with a concentration in Environmental and International Planning. Lovrien has also traveled and studied in Latin America, where she concentrated on community-level economic development strategies.
email: nlovrien@rci.rutgers.edu
Andrew Cottrell
Research Project Coordinator
Andrew Cottrell joined CEEEP as a research project coordinator in 2006, focusing on state energy policy and, primarily, energy efficiency program evaluation at the state level. Previously, he was a graduate assistant at CEEEP, where his main responsibilities were to determine the value of distributed resources in the local grid and wholesale markets in New Jersey. Prior to coming to CEEEP, he has worked at The Sustainable Development Fund in Philadelphia, Montauk Financial Group in Red Bank, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Power and Light in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A 2004 graduate of Lafayette College (B.A., engineering), Andrew earned the M.P.P. degree from the Bloustein School, with a concentration in Applied Economics.
email: cottrela@rci.rutgers.edu
Jaci Trzaska
Research Project Coordinator
Jaci Trzaska joined CEEEP full time in July of 2007 as a research project coordinator. Previously, she worked at CEEEP part time on such projects as determining state Carbon Dioxide and criteria pollutant emissions, and the Energy Data Center. As a graduate student, Jaci received an Eagleton Fellowship and spent a semester interning at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. There she was involved in the Energy Master Plan and looking at hydroelectric power use in the state. Jaci has a B.S. in Meteorology from the State University of New York at Oswego and an M.S. in Atmosphere Science from the University of Arizona. She also worked at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Science at Rutgers University.
email: Secora@rci.rutgers.edu
Larisa A. Canastra
Administrative Assistant
Larisa Canastra joined CEEEP in May 2004 and provides administrative support for the Center's activities. She also assists in developing and implementing programs and projects. For six years prior to joining CEEEP, she worked with the Center for Government Services at the Bloustein School.
email: lcanastr@rci.rutgers.edu
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