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| PULP Staff |
Harry Geller, Esq. Executive
Director, Pennsylvania Utility Law Project
Areas of Expertise: As the
Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project
(PULP) based in Harrisburg, Harry Geller provides advocacy,
training, consultation and support services in energy and utility
matters within the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network and other
nonprofit community agencies serving the low-income population. |
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Community Involvement: Harry
presently serves as Chairman of the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Advisory Committee to the Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; The Pennsylvania
Energy Assistance and Weatherization Coalition; and the Pennsylvania
Legal Services Utility/Energy Law Group. He also sits as a
member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Consumer Advisory Council; Weatherization and Energy Conservation
Policy Advisory Council to the Department of Community and
Economic Development; and the PECO Universal Services and Low
Income Usage Reduction Program Advisory Committees.
Awards: Harry received the
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Excellence Award in 2007.
Experience and Education: Harry
has served as a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA), as
a staff attorney for the New York City Legal Aid Society, and
as a Director of Legal Services, Inc. |
John C. Gerhard, Esq. Staff Attorney,
Pennsylvania Utility Law Project
Areas of Expertise: John Gerhard
is based in the Harrisburg office of the Pennsylvania Utility
Law Project (PULP) where he provides advocacy, training, consultation
and support services in energy and utility matters affecting
low income residents of Pennsylvania.
Experience and Education: Before
coming to PULP, John was employed by Community Legal Services
where he combined work as a staff attorney in the Energy Unit
with development work as the Interim Development Director. |
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| John received his MA in Theology at Villanova before
obtaining his J.D. from Temple's Beasley School of Law in 2004. |
Julie George, Esq. Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship Staff Attorney,
Pennsylvania Utility Law Project
Areas of Expertise: Julie George
is based in the Harrisburg office of the Pennsylvania Utility
Law Project (PULP) where she provides advocacy, training, consultation
and support services in energy and utility matters affecting
low income residents of Pennsylvania. |
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Experience and Education: Julie’s prior work included assignment to PULP as a Conwell Community Corps Fellow, a service program offered through Temple Law School; as a legal assistant at Ballard, Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll; and as a research assistant at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Julie received her BA in Economics from Swarthmore College in 2002 and her J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2008. |
Beth Pomerantz, Paralegal , Pennsylvania
Utility Law Project
Areas of Expertise:
As a legal assistant for the PA Utility Law Project, Beth Pomerantz
supports the advocacy work of the three project attorneys,
providing consultation, technical support, information and
training in utility and energy matters affecting low-income
residents of Pennsylvania. |
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Experience and Education:
Beth has extensive research, writing, editing, and information systems experience.
Prior to coming to PULP, she worked in computer information systems at a steel
mill in Michigan and an electric utility cooperative in Georgia and as a freelance
editor. She received her B.A. from Brown University, an M.A. and M.B.A. from
the University of Michigan, and a certificate in paralegal studies from Harrisburg
Area Community College. |
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