Staff

Administrative Offices

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Third Floor
The Historic Hamm Building
408 Saint Peter Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1497

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Administration

Dobson West 
President & Managing Director 

Amy Thirsten
Executive Assistant 

Artistic Operations

Patrick Castillo
Senior Director of Artistic Planning

Jean Parish
Senior Director of Operations

Jason Piehl
Production Manager 

Kelly MacLennan
Orchestra Personnel Manager 

Erin Jude
Education Manager 

Jon Kjarum
Technical Manager 

Natalie Hokanson 
Artistic Operations Manager

James Kortz
Librarian

Sarah Gingerich
Operations Assistant

Kate Nordstrum
Liquid Music Curator; Special Projects Producer

Development

Katie Berg
Associate Director of Development 

Becky Cline
Assistant Director of Development for Institutional Support 

Nina Graham
Major Gifts Manager 

Ashley Sondergaard
Individual Gifts Manager

Alex Stern
Development Data Coordinator

Alysa Ohland
Development Assistant

Finance and Administration 

Julie Fliflet
Senior Director of Finance and Administration

Tiffany Simonsen
Finance Manager

Mark Niehaus
Accounting Manager

Marketing and Public Relations

Jessica Etten
Senior Director of Marketing and Communications

Lindsey Thoreson Hansen
Associate Director of Marketing

Sarah Phelan
Grassroots Marketing Program Manager 

Kelly Belich
Communications Manager 

Gretchen Hazelton
Marketing Manager

Matt Thueson
Executive Producer of Digital Media

Stephen Sokolouski
Marketing and Administrative Assistant

Ticket Office

Kate Roarty
Ticket Office Manager 

Becky Ten Brink
Database Manager

Jen Hurd
Ticket Office Concert Supervisor 

Ticket Office Associates
Jo Gilbertson, Ross Hackenmiller, Lindsey Oetken, Claire Philpott, 
Mary Kay Schladweiler