Commuter Challenge individual prizewinners
Douglas Ortiz, who works at Carlson Marketing, took the Commuter Challenge and won a scooter. Ortiz, who bikes to work 2 to 3 days per week, said: “It’s a great way to start the day and a great way to end the day.”
Stephanie Cepeda takes transit to her job at First American. “I get to relax or have productive time and not spend time stuck in traffic.” Cepeda won a $200 gift card for Penn Cycle.
Kedar Deshpande rides his bike most days to his job at Cargill. It takes him about the same amount of time to bike as it does to drive. He entered the Commuter Challenge and won a $100 gift card for Best Buy.
A carpooler, Gary Podraza said he shares the ride to do his part to go green and make friends along the way. Podraza, who works at The Toro Company in Bloomington, won a $100 Best Buy gift card.
Congratulations to the following people who took the Commuter Challenge and won prizes:
Dell Inspiron laptop
Louis Tawayne Fancher, Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Kick scooter by Xootr
Joan Micolai, Ever-Green Energy
Douglas Ortiz, Carlson Marketing
iPod nano
Norman Aasend, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Barry Katz, Express Scripts
Karen Marano, Minnesota Historical Society
Wendy Paquin, ING
Penn Cycle $200 gift certificate
Renee Bergeron, State Public Defender
Stephanie Cepeda, First American
Gene Flieder, University of Minnesota
Sara Moore, Hennepin County
REI $100 gift certificate
James Catalano, Xcel Energy
Laura Fritz, Mackall, Crounse & Moore
Nancy Lo, Hanley Wood Marketing
Michelle Messerschmidt, ING
Betty Swan, Great River Energy
Best Buy $100 gift certificate
Christina Butterworth, Optum Health
Kedar Deshpande, Cargill
Karrie Kikeh, Northwest Airlines
Dana Ojemolon, St. Joseph Hospital
Gary Podraza, The Toro Co.
