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Voting Committee

Alex Aronovich, Board Chair

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Wayzata High School - 2012 • How long have you been on the board? Since November 2010 • Why did you join the board? I was a DEC and wanted to become more involved with the Depot, I also wanted to be on a board that included Jack McCarty's mustache. • What are some of your interests? Music, films, books, international politics, languages, food • What movie best parallels your life? Oh man...probably Manhattan • What is your most loved item? My Sennheiser HD595 headphones. • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Owning a deli in New York City. • Favorite quote? " If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth." - Dmitri Shostakovich • Favorite Musical Artist? A Tribe Called Quest and Manu Chao

Emily Debol

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Hopkins High School - 2014 • How long have you been on the board? Since July 2011 • Why did you join the board? Because I wanted to be apart of the depot's uniqueness and help make it as unique as it is. • What are some of your interests? Photography, art, music, and films • What movie best parallels your life? Oh gosh... I honestly can't answer this question • What is your most loved item? It's a tie between my Ipod and my D50 camera • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? In college/just finishing college, living on my own, hopefully in a serious relationship • Favorite quote? "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Dumbledore • Favorite Musical Artist? Green day, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles and Hollywood Undead

Molly Caitlin Fisher

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Wayzata High School - 2012 • How long have you been on the board? Dec 2011 • Why did you join the board? Well to start off my two favorite things in life are good music & coffee! Plus it seemed like a neat volunteer opportunity to get involved in. • What are some of your interests? Music, yoga, painting, traveling, snowboarding, live music, hiking, photography, & people in general. • What movie best parallels your life? Amélie or Ferngully. • What is your most loved item? My Nikon, his names George! • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Reaching Nirvana in India • Favorite quote? "I don't know where I'm going but I promise it won't be boring." - David Bowie. • Favorite Musical Artist? Led Zeppelin, Lykke Li, or Billie Holiday

Tj Gowen

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Hopkins High School, 2013• How long have you been on the board? Since May 2011 • Why did you join the board? I really wanted to get more involved in the community, plus I loved the atmosphere and seeing all the different bands... plus the coffee! • What are some of your interests? Sports; Basketball, Dance, Lacrosse, Kickboxing. Shopping, Shoes, Baking, Being adventerous • What movie best parallels your life? Willy Wonka because its super unique and crazy and i love it:) • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Having my golden birthday! Also, working on my masters in psychology, still with my boyfriend • Favorite quote? "Being unique is the greatest trait to have, it is not learned but given too, embrace it, love it, enjoy it, its the best thing one can have" -unknown • Favorite Musical Artist? A Day to Remember


Kevin Hansen

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class?Wayzata High School 2012• How long have you been on the board? Since June 2011? Earlier? i forget the month • Why did you join the board? I played a couple shows at the Depot and thought it would be awesome to be a permanent part of that experience. • What are some of your interests? I love music, lacrosse, and culture (especially foreign) • What movie best parallels your life? Probably Kung Fu Panda • What is your most loved item? My ipod touch before the backlight went out.. • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Ideally working with people around the world, doing something I enjoy • Favorite quote? "Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today." - Ralph Waldo Emerson • Favorite Musical Artist? Sufjan Stevens


Reid Madden

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Hopkins class of 2013 • How long have you been on the board? May or June 2011 • Why did you join the board? Music, Friends, Helping the community • What are some of your interests? Rock music, movies, politics, cooking, comedy, Boy Scouts, camping, disability advocacy (fitting, since I have Asperger's Syndrome) • What movie best parallels your life? No movie can. The truth is waaaay stranger than fiction • What is your most loved item? Mac laptop • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Shaping American policy one way or another • Favorite quote? Its all the same but who's to blame for all the stupid things i never said?- Sum 41 • Favorite Musical Artist? Green Day

Jesse Pedersen

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Hopkins, 2013 • How long have you been on the board? May 2011 • Why did you join the board? I love the Depot and I love boards! • What are some of your interests? Music, spanish, bands, you. • What movie best parallels your life? Blair Witch Project. • What is your most loved item? My acoustic guitar. • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Teaching 3rd graders. • Favorite quote? "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut • Favorite Musical Artist? (at the moment) Hall & Oates


Mariah Peterson

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Hopkins High School - 2013 • How long have you been on the board? Dec 2011 • Why did you join the board? To support a great cause of a chemical free environment, meeting new people, to help the community, and its such a fun place • What are some of your interests? Ceramics, drawing, painting, music, traveling, bike riding, shopping, and reading • What movie best parallels your life? The Proposal...so funny! • What is your most loved item? my computer • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? An interior designer living in the heart of a big city, having my own art/design studio, backpacking throughout Europe, married • Favorite quote? "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." -Walt Disney • Favorite Musical Artist? Taylor Swift

Will Youel, DEC Liaison

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Edina High School• How long have you been on the board? November 2010 • Why did you join the board? you grow to love the Depot • What are some of your interests? Biking, the punk rock music subculture, wrestling, coffee, graphic design, vintage instruments and amps, snowboarding, new experiences, new appreciations • What movie best parallels your life? Apocalypse Now is a good movie • What is your most loved item? my record player • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? doing something i wouldn't expect • Favorite quote? "Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on." - Henry Garfield • Favorite Musical Artist? Fugazi


Nick Furfaro, Vice Chair

What school do you go to and what is your graduating class? Southwest Senior High School Class of 2012• How long have you been on the board? Since May 2010 • Why did you join the board? To bring communities together through teen rock bands, Halloween parties and volunteering. • What are some of your interests? Playing jazz bass guitar, longboarding, movies, eating pizza, cooking calzone, college apps.. • What movie best parallels your life? Hot Fuzz, obviously. • What is your most loved item? My longboard, a Loaded Bhangra: 48.5 inches of pure love. • Where do you see yourself in 8 years? In California, out of college, in debt. • Favorite quote? One man gathers what another man spills. • Favorite Musical Artist? Manu Chao, Grateful Dead, Phish, The Clash.