Jelena Matic, PE, PhD

Principal

Jelena has extensive experience as an environmental consultant and engineer, with particular expertise in environmental review, air quality, and climate change. 
She has worked on numerous large-scale development projects, as well as water, wastewater, transportation, energy, and solid waste infrastructure projects.
Her experience includes successful coordination with federal, state, and local agencies.

Jelena earned a PhD in chemical engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland. She has LEED AP BD + C credentials, and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP). She is also registered on the NYC DEP Permitting System.

Nicole Somers

Senior Environmental Professional

Nicole is committed to practicing and advocating for sustainable and equitable solutions to growing challenges, with a focus on climate change, mapping, and environmental justice. Her experience includes greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, air pollution modeling and mitigation, non-profit coordination, communications, outreach, and data management, analysis, and research. Her educational background has equipped her with a solid foundation in research, data analytics, and geographic information systems (GIS).

Nicole completed her undergraduate program at Temple University with a major in environmental studies and a certificate in GIS.

Maia Stoicovici

Environmental Professional

Maia Stoicovici is an Environmental Professional at Inch and Meter. She leverages her engineering educational background and scientific experience in projects focused on environmental review and permitting, air quality analysis, solid waste management planning, land development, wastewater systems, and environmental justice. Maia applies her skills in project management, method development, and research in her work to promote environmental compliance, environmental justice, and decarbonization.

Maia completed her undergraduate program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering with a major in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

Elizabeth Chesla

Senior Editor

Elizabeth Chesla has more than two decades of experience as an editor and technical writer in the technology, nonprofit, and edtech sectors, helping clients present ideas and information with clarity and impact. She has written and edited everything from proposals and reports to white papers and websites, as well as more than a dozen books, serving in the roles of writer, managing editor, developmental editor, copy editor, and proofreader.

Elizabeth earned her MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University after
completing a BA in English and Spanish from Dickinson College.

Sadie Saltzman

Environmental Planner

Sadie Saltzman is an Environmental Planner at Inch and Meter dedicated to integrating resilience and adaptation strategies, principles of a circular economy, decarbonization efforts, and environmental equity into her work. She has experience working on projects involving waste infrastructure and policy, wastewater resource recovery, waterfront resiliency, and urban heat mitigation. 

Sadie is pursuing a Master of Urban Planning degree from Hunter College, anticipated in December 2026. She completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology from Skidmore College.