Our People

More than just a building or a stage, meet the people behind the scenes at First Avenue.

Here are some of the people we are proud of employing for ten years or more:

  • Roy Freedom (1978)
  • Peter Rasmussen (1982)
  • Ron Anderson (1985)
  • Oscar Arrendondo (1987)
  • Elizabeth Kennedy (1987)
  • Conrad Sverkerson (1988)
  • Randy Hawkins (1989)
  • Myles Kennedy (1989)
  • Nathan Anderson (1993)
  • Carolyn Hansen (1994)
  • Nathan Epstein (1996)
  • Dan Finn (1998)
  • Sonia Grover (1998)
  • Nathan Kranz (1998)
  • Megan Caswell (1999)
  • Jennifer Willard (1999)
  • Heidi Thompson (1999)
  • Damon Barna (2000)
  • John Smith (2000)
  • James Baker (2002)
  • Doug Juveli (2002)
  • Paul DeMaris (2005)
  • Alex Nowak (2005)
  • Maren Kaminski (2006)
  • Rob Alley (2008)
  • Steve Bartlett (2008)
  • Anthony Molinaro (2008)
  • Madeline Hamann (2009)
  • Erin Vonleiderskaut (2009)
  • Jon Gilbert (2010)

Some quotes from a few of our employees:

The people who work here get it.

– Conrad Sverkerson, 30+ years

You could travel the world over and never get a faster drink.

– Pete “The Bartender” Rasmussen, 35+ years

Our sound system and sight lines make us the ideal room to see live entertainment. Our goal is to bring up-and-coming attractions, as well as those that have already ‘Made It’.

– Nate Kranz, 20+ years

We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.
(From the poem “Ode”, by Arthur O’Shaughnessy)

– Damon Barna, 15+ years

We’re very progressive. It’s not a bad place to work.

– former general manager Jack Meyers, 30+ years (1979)