Brandon Muetzel, Outreach Manager

Brandon comes to Energy Wise Alliance after a long career in the restaurant and tourism industry. Before joining the team, he was in management with the Dickie Brennan’s family of restaurants, where he worked as the Executive Chef at Palace Café. He is proficient in Russian and has also studied German. During his career, he’s been the recipient of many awards for his work in the culinary field, and has even been a guest chef at the prestigious James Beard House. Brandon earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History from University of Iowa. 

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Meredith Seale, Education Coordinator

Meredith is an educator, coming to Energy Wise after many years working with students of all ages in her hometown of New Orleans. She holds an M.A. in Contemporary History from King’s College London and a B.A. in History from the University of New Orleans. As a classroom teacher, Meredith has always pushed her students to become civic leaders in their communities, and is excited to continue this work through environmental education. Prior to becoming an educator, she worked in the film industry and as a pastry cook in both New Orleans and Los Angeles. She is passionate about lessening her own impact on the environment by making sustainable choices for her home and in the goods she consumes. 

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Jamie Wine, Interim Executive Director

Jamie brings 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, in New Orleans, Seattle, California and Boston. He has developed programs educating ocean advocates, traffic engineers, adults, families, youth and community organizers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology and Environmental Studies from University of California, Santa Cruz and professional certifications in building performance, leadership development, public speaking and real estate. Under his leadership, Energy Wise Alliance has grown 5-fold and is on track to become the foremost education organization working to alleviate energy poverty in Louisiana.

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Logan Burke

Logan Burke is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy. Since joining the Alliance in 2013, Ms. Burke has worked on a broad scope of consumer protection and energy issues, including energy efficiency, Integrated Resource Planning, distributed energy resources, community solar, rate cases, general regulatory matters pertaining to the City of New Orleans and the Louisiana Public Service Commission.  

She has also led several collaborative efforts with other advocacy organizations in the housing, health, and good governance sectors, ultimately creating reports on health impacts of energy, the creation of a sustainable housing policy for New Orleans, and a more broad consideration of resource planning, including the impacts of climate change. Logan's goal is to work across sectors to build a future in Louisiana that works for everyone.

Before joining the Alliance, Ms. Burke was a founder and  the development director for the Committed To Equality Initiative in Los Angeles, CA. Logan’s interest in conservation, sustainability, and affordable energy stems from a passion for equal access to shared resources. Before settling into public policy and energy work, Logan worked for 12 years in the arts in New York and Los Angeles. Her background and education in the arts, including a degree from Vassar College, enables Ms. Burke to bring a fresh creative perspective to a complex policy environment. ​

Jackie Dadakis

Jackie is the Chief Executive Officer of Green Coast Enterprises. She stepped into this role in 2020, taking over from Founder, William Bradshaw. Jackie joined the company in 2013 to launch GCE Services, a consulting firm that provides services to property owners, municipalities, and utilities seeking to be more energy efficient. In 2017 she moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer for Green Coast Enterprises taking responsibility for the operating entities including the successful launch of the Pythian Market in 2018.

She has been recognized as one of The Gambit’s 40 under 40, New Orleans Magazine People to Watch and New Orleans City Business Women of the Year.

Before joining Green Coast, Jackie worked for Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. as a senior consultant developing innovative financing strategies for energy efficiency and creating community-utility partnerships for the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance under the Department of Energy BetterBuildings Program.

Jackie also worked for Rebuilding Together, a national non-profit with affiliates in over 200 communities in the United States providing free home repair to low-income homeowners. As an Americorps VISTA, she launched Rebuilding Together's response to Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.

Jackie holds a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College. She is a board member and past president of the transit policy and advocacy organization Ride New Orleans, a board member of Rebuilding Together New Orleans and teaches as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Tulane Masters of Sustainable Architecture program.

Andreanecia M. Morris

Andreanecia M. Morris serves as Executive Director for HousingNOLA, a 10-year partnership between the community leaders, organizations and policymakers working to end New Orleans’ affordable housing crisis. HousingNOLA’s mission is to provide a road map to maximize and increase resources and implement impactful policies. Prior to her role as Executive Director, Morris spearheaded the development of the HousingNOLA 10-year Strategy and Implementation Plan—a comprehensive and radical strategy guided by data and community input to address inequity issues in housing.  Morris and the HousingNOLA team have been selected to manage a process that resulted in a homelessness and housing strategy for Nashville, Tennessee to ensure that its recovery from COVID and the economic crisis will be equitable and prioritize housing. Winston Salem, North Carolina and the Napa Valley, California are also working to adopt the #PutHousingFirst philosophy.

A native of Edgard, Louisiana, Morris began working to support creation of affordable housing opportunities financed with public and private resources in Metro New Orleans after graduating from Loyola University New Orleans with a BA in Communications & Sociology.   Morris also holds a MA in Community Development Policy and Practice from the University of New Hampshire Carsey School of Public Policy.   After Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters receded, she focused on housing policy and development, implementing programs that created 500 first time homebuyers, deploying $104.5 million soft second subsidy in Metro New Orleans, and providing supportive services for approximately 5,000 households—homeowners who were struggling to rebuild and renters who required wrap around services. 

Morris was lead organizer for Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA) when it started in 2007 as a loose coalition of community development nonprofits who resolved to rebuild the City of New Orleans.  GNOHA members and partners to developed approximately 88,000 housing opportunities between 2006 and 2015.  Morris now serves as President/Chairwoman for the GNOHA Board of Governors, which supports and advises the efforts to preserve and create of affordable housing for people within region and places a special emphasis on the needs of the most vulnerable in society. Morris also chairs the HousingLOUISIANA Alliance Network and is a board member of National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), Finance New Orleans (FANO), Grounded Solutions Network, Propeller and Energy Wise Alliance.  She also serves on the Environmental Career Worker Training Program Advisory Board, Prosperity Now Policy Advisory Committee and Capital One Community Advisory Committee.

Gambit Weekly named Morris New Orleanian of the Year for her role in HousingNOLA’s historic efforts in 2017. As a part of celebrations around New Orleans' historic tricentennial anniversary in 2018, JP Morgan Chase partnered with the Times Picayune/NOLA.com to name Morris one of 12 "Icons of New Orleans” as part of the paper’s 300 for 300 campaign. Biz New Orleans Magazine selected her as one of their Executives of the Year for 2020. In 2021, Consumer Federation of America (CFA) named her one its five Consumer Champions.