Allison Counasse

Allison Counasse is the e-communications coordinator and web designer at Penn State Behrend. In this role, she manages the college’s key digital communications tools, including the website, mobile app, events calendar, e-publications platform, interactive map, virtual tour, and webforms. She supports a college-wide network of more than 30 website content creators, coordinates accessibility efforts, provides analytics reporting and insights, and administers email distribution lists and role-based access groups.

She previously worked at ArtsErie, the regional arts council; Velocity Network, an IT and internet services firm; and several organizations as their outsourced lead for marketing, communications, grant writing, and design.

Service and Involvement

University

• Google Gemini and NotebookLM Faculty and Staff Pilot, 2026
• AI Studio Pilot (Enterprise Generative AI), 2026
• Accessibility Web Liaisons, 2023–present
• Penn State Go Mobile App Liaisons, 2020–present
• Commonwealth Campus Web Advisory Board (CWAB), 2020–22
• Commonwealth Campus Web Group (CWG), 2017–present
• Employee Web Directory Task Force, 2016–17
• "Polaris 2" Website Redesign Team, 2014–16

College

Planning Committees and Teams

• College Team: Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience (Georgetown University/American Talent Initiative), 2023
• Planning Committee: National Foreign Language Week, 2022–23
• Study Abroad Committee: "Count Me In" Enrollment Initiative, 2018
• Planning Committee: Stand for State/Green Dot Bystander Intervention Initiative, 2016–17

Search Committees

• Administrative Support Assistant, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021
• Digital Resources Staff Position, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018
• Administrative Support Assistant, School of Science, 2014

Professional Development

• Generative AI in Action, Penn State—Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, 2025
• Safer People Safer Places Foundations Workshop, 2025
• BUILD @ Penn State Initiative, 2023–25