Jared Stoneberg - Producer

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Jared is a former chef and spent time working in the kitchen at Lark. Currently Jared is a partner in Number 10 Web Company. Jared loves technology and building cool things for the web and is fascinated by the expanding and ever-changing landscape of content delivery. Jared will be leading the production of the cookbook. Jared has developed a small addiction to tennis and can be seen hacking backhands on local courts. Jared works and lives on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

Dan Shafer - Design Lead

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Dan D Shafer is a Seattle-based graphic designer, artist, and educator whose studio practice ranges from work for clients like Habitat for Humanity, Herman Miller and the Kronos Quartet to self-initiated projects and hand-printed posters. He is most interested in exploring the nebulous territory that exists between a traditional understanding of "art" and "design," and where they take place in people's everyday lives. He has degrees from Western Washington University and California College of the Arts, currently teaches design classes Cornish College of the Arts, and is on the board of the Seattle Center for Book Arts. When he is not in front of a computer of a classroom, Dan can be found turning his compost pile or foraging in the lush green forests of the Great Northwest.

Zack Bent - Photographer

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Zack Bent is an artist and photographer based in Seattle, Washington. He received degrees in architecture and environmental design from Ball State University and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from the University of Washington. His videos, photographs, and sculptures have been exhibited in a variety of national and international venues. His works often focus on creating mythological events with his family and the stuff he collects, in hopes of transforming everyday life into the extra-ordinary. With this in mind, he is thrilled to be photographing the beautiful and extra-ordinary creations offered up at Lark.

Rodrigo Valenzuela - Cinematographer

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My video pieces are brief descriptions of a moment or action that evoke a feeling of momentary phenomena; that plays in the zone between stillness and motion, between the purely pictorial and the cinematic. I present narrative models that affect the viewer’s sense of logic and reality, often using animals and landscapes as allegories for human activities. I modify the pace of these videos to denote transformation and to capture a mood. I project my videos in public spaces – like a storefront, overnight, or in a movie theater – with the intention of pushing the viewer to commit their attention to the piece outside of a gallery context. Using a time-based media allows me to connect with the spectator, explore the uncertainties of the representation and maximize the gesture of an image.

Josh Kopel - Technical Director

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Josh has been building web sites since 1996. Along the way he has participated in several startups, and built built web applications for a wide range of clients. For the last few years has specialized in the open source CMS Drupal, and as a partner in Number 10 Web Company is working with mobile and ecommerce applications. His current interests are well crafted web sites, well crafted food. Not necessarily in that order.

Lauren Thompson - Culinary Production Lead

Upon arriving in Seattle, Lauren worked at the newly opened Lark under Johnathan Sundstrom. Lauren learned a great deal about cooking at Lark and was introduced to a wealth of local farms and artisans. She left Lark to help open the short-lived restaurant Fork with Jared Stoneberg and Tyler Moritz. After Fork, Lauren went to work at Cafe Juanita as a line cook. A year later, Lauren became pregnant with her first child, and despite a tenacity to excel and persevere, she acquiesced to the physical demands of a full-time line job. Lauren was the Chef de Cuisine at Café Juanita for 2 years before leaving to spend more time with her family and to teach culinary school at the Art Institute of Seattle part time. She is excited about being on the Lark Cookbook project team.

Nicole Stanton - Visual Designer

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Catch & Release Design is the work of Seattle-based graphic designer Nicole Stanton. Since 2006, Nicole has had the pleasure of working with a wide range of clients including design studios, non-profits, and startups. She excels in branding, user experience design, information architecture and visual design for web, mobile, advertising and printed media. She is also a passionate Dungeness crab hunter.

Gregory Heller - Promoter

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Gregory Heller has been advising organizations on the use of cutting edge technologies for over a decade. Since 2010 he's volunteered for Seattle Chefs Collaborative, and served on the board as the chair of the communications committee since 2011. Technology and Food have long been his dual passions. Gregory is excited to put his social media and marketing skills to work on such an innovative project. Gregory lives, works, cooks and eats out frequently in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, not far from Lark.

Rebecca Pellman - Social Media & Communications

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Rebecca Pellman is a creative communications consultant based in Seattle, WA. With a background in corporate communications, she has worked with clients in the fine dining, travel, non-profit, beauty, and telecommunications industries. Her work includes audience engagement strategies, copywriting, social media, and public relations. Rebecca has been working with Lark since 2009 and her favorite dish is the burrata.