Address
528 Hennepin Avenue
Suite 303
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Staff
Mary McColl, Executive Dirctor
Mary McColl
Executive Director
(612) 465-0242
mary@mnshubert.org
Mary McColl was trained in ballet. She worked at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts for 20 years, beginning as an usher in the Ordway’s opening season before serving as Director of House Operations, Director of Operations, and ultimately Vice President and General Manager from 2001–2005. Ms. McColl joined the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as Vice President for Operations from 2005–2007 before moving to the Broadway League in New York City as Director of Labor Relations in 2008.
Colin Hamilton
Vice President of Creative Capital, Artspace Projects
(612) 465-0248
colin@mnshubert.org
Colin Hamilton joined Artspace Projects in 2007 as the Director of Advancement and the Shubert Capital Campaign and became its Executive Director in 2008. Having successfully guided the Shubert to construction, Mr. Hamilton will transition to other national projects in his role as Vice President at Artspace Projects, the nonprofit development company that has managed the Minnesota Shubert Center project.
Previously, Mr. Hamilton was executive director of the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library, where he led the $16.4 million capital campaign for the new Central Library. Under his leadership, membership increased from 1,500 to 5,300 and the annual budget from $500,000 to $2.2 million. In 2007, the organization was honored with the Baker & Taylor Award for the country’s most outstanding Friends group.
Prior to joining the Friends, Mr. Hamilton was a Senior Consultant at Burges & Burges, a public sector marketing firm in Cleveland, OH. He has also served as the Communications Director for Citizen Action, a national consumer and environmental advocacy group.
Mr. Hamilton graduated from Amherst College with a degree in Anthropology. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa.
Jeff Bartlett
Dance Community Liaison
(612) 465-0236
jeff@mnshubert.org
Nate Gagnon
Administrative and Social Media Associate
(612) 465-0230
nate@mnshubert.org
Melissa Koch
Education Director
(612) 465-0220
melissa@mnshubert.org
Melissa Koch joined Artspace Projects in 2006 to oversee the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center’s Education Program. Under her leadership, the program has tripled in size and greatly expanded its range of programming.
Prior to joining Artspace, Ms. Koch was Development Associate at MacPhail Center for Music supporting fundraising efforts for their annual fund and capital campaign. Ms. Koch received a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Troy Linck
Marketing Director
(612) 465-0241
troy@mnshubert.org
Jessica Mehlhoff
Marketing and Events Associate
(612) 465-0231
jessica@mnshubert.org
Jessica Mehlhoff joined Artspace Projects in 2007 as the Assistant to the Executive Director for the Minnesota Shubert Center. She is a recent graduate of the University of St. Thomas, where she received a Bachelor in Arts in Journalism with a concentration in Public Relations. Previously, Ms. Mehlhoff worked at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts as a Marketing Intern.
In college, Ms. Mehlhoff was active in choir at St. Thomas, leading the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers as a soprano section leader. She was also an executive board member of the St. Thomas chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America and the honors society, Omicron Delta Kappa.
For press enquiries contact:
Jessica Mehlhoff
(612) 465-0231
jessica@mnshubert.org