Alumni Profiles

Rick Abegg

1. BS, Earth Science
Team Leader, Chevron

Andrew Armpriester

1. B.S., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, 1988
Texas Permian Subsurface Manager, Chevron

Raymond Ban

1. B.S., Meteorology, 1973
Consultant, Ban & Associates LLC

Edmond Scott Billingsley

1. B.S., Geosciences, 1981
Vice President of Geology and GIS, Pennsylvania General Energy Company, LLC

Andrea J. Bleistein

1. B.S., Meteorology, 2004
Project Manager, National Weather Service

Kevin Cei

1. BS, Meteorology, 2007
Head of Client Solutions, Jupiter Intelligence

Randall Cygan

1. M.S., Geochemistry and Mineralogy, 1980
2. Ph.D., Geochemistry and Mineralogy, 1983
Geochemist, Sandia National Laboratories (retired) and Texas A&M University

Joel Gratz

1. BS, Meteorology, 2003
Founding Meteorologist & CEO, OpenSnow

Jenna Hakun

1. BS, Energy Engineering, 2018
Systems Engineer, Department of Defense

Vincent Hock Jr.

1. M.S., Metallurgy, 1978
Senior Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Jacqueline Huntoon

1. Ph.D., Geology, 1990
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan Technological University

Jennie Karalewich

1. BS, Geography
Lead Redistricting Specialist, US Census Bureau

Marla Korpar

1. B.S., Environmental Systems Engineering, 2013
Independent Contractor and Environmental Engineer, AmeriCorps VISTA

Theresa Kotanchek

1. B.S., Ceramic Science and Engineering, 1984
2. M.S., Ceramic Science, 1987
3. Ph.D., Materials Science, 1991
CEO, Evolved Analytics

Robert Kraft

1. B.S., Geography, 1989
2. Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems, 2016
GEOINT Officer and Systems Engineer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Susan Lechtanski

1. BS, Geography, 1997
Marketing Director, Penn State

Joel Myers

1. B.S., Meteorology, 1961
2. M.S., Meteorology, 1963
3. Ph.D., Meteorology, 1971
Founder, Chairman, and President, AccuWeather, Inc.

Cheryl Nelson

1. B.S., Meteorology, 2002
TV Host and Freelance Meteorologist, WTKR-TV

Siddharth Pandey

1. B.S., Geography, 2014
Senior Associate / Senior Geospatial Technology Manager, Dewberry

Bernadette Woods Placky

1. BS, Meteorology, 1999
Meteorologist, Climate Central

Erik Pytlak

1. BS, Meteorology, 1991
Manager of Weather and Streamflow Forecasting, Bonneville Power Administration

Joel Reed

1. B.S., Ceramic Science and Engineering, 1982
Principal Consultant, Mereo

Reggie Spiller

1. MS, Geology, 1979
CEO, Azimuth Energy

Vivek Thomas

1. B.S., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, 2017
Energy Market Analyst , ICF Consulting

Timothy Watson

1. MS, Geosciences
2. BS, Geosciences
Geoscientist, Noble Energy