Meet Our Staff

Jamie Mjolsness

Executive Director

​Jamie became the executive director of ICHFH in October 2018. Before joining Habitat's team Jamie worked for the Itasca County Family YMCA for 15 years. During her time at the YMCA Jamie coordinated the Active Living Center and evidence-based programming for older adults, was a joint employee with ElderCircle, and ended her time there as the Aquatics Director. Jamie received an associate's degree in sales and business management from Hibbing Community College after growing up in rural Bovey and graduating from Greenway High School. Jamie lives with her two children only minutes from where she grew up, and is grateful to live near her family and in a place where she can partake in all the outdoor activities she enjoys doing with her children. She appreciates being able to make a difference in peoples’ lives every day at ICHFH.

Amanda MacDonell

Family Support Manager

Amanda is the newest member to join the Itasca County Habitat for Humanity team in April 2024, filling the new position of Family Support Manager.  Amanda recently retired from a full-time position with Itasca County Housing and Redevelopment Authority and feels that this part-time position within Itasca Habitat is the perfect fit for her skills and abilities.  Amanda loves to share the joy of Jesus with others both inside and outside of work, along with spending time with her husband, daughter, grandchildren, and family.   She enjoys ringing bells with the Bell Choir of her church, Our Redeemer in Cohasset, where she also serves on the church council as treasurer.  Like her cohorts with Itasca Habitat, she enjoys all things outdoors, even the chilly winters!  Amanda looks forward to partnering with families in the Itasca County area so that they may achieve their homeownership goals.  
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Brandi Malenius​

ReStore Manager

Brandi joined the staff as Restore Manager in October of 2023. Brandi and her husband Dan, and stepdaughter MaKayla recently moved to Grand Rapids with their 3 cats and two dogs from Eveleth, MN where she was born.  She comes to Habitat with 21 years of experience in the road construction industry with supervisory and management skills.
Brandi’s hobbies include fishing, 4 wheeling, spending time outdoors and traveling. She loves to travel to Alaska to visit her two nieces who she is very close with.
Brandi loves the mission of Habitat and the ReStore and looks forward to meeting the donors, shoppers, and volunteers.

Matt Selleck
​Construction Manager

Matt grew up in Cameron, Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where he received a degree in sociology with a minor in criminal justice. Before coming to ICHFH, Matt worked for Champaign County Habitat for Humanity in Champaign, Illinois while his wife, Briana, attended veterinary school. Matt and Briana live in Cohasset with their three children along with their two dogs, cat, turtle, and farm animals. In his spare time, Matt enjoys outdoor activities like fishing, hiking, camping, and working with his wife and children around their hobby farm. Matt feels like working for Habitat is so much more than just a job—he is inspired by the people he works with and finds it empowering to help families achieve home ownership.
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Chris Schanus

Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator

Chris graduated from Detroit Lakes High School and the University of Minnesota-Morris, where he met the love of his life, Sarah. They raised their six children in her hometown of Howard Lake, Minn. In 2024, they fulfilled their dream of finding a home among the lakes and woods of northern Minnesota and are busy making Itasca County their new home. He has spent his career working in communications and marketing and is enjoying using these skills to help promote Itasca County Habitat for Humanity’s mission. In his spare time, he enjoys biking, hiking, x-country skiing, kayaking, hunting and spending time with the grandkids. 

Shari Cole

Office Administrator

Shari came to us from Roseau, Minnesota where she was born and grew up. She and her semi-retired partner, Mark, and dog Ranger, moved to the Talmoon area in 2020 and live in a log cabin sitting amongst 100-year-old cedar trees.
Shari came to ICHFH with 25 years of experience in office administration and bookkeeping where she has worked in the construction industry and for non-profits. Shari enjoys meeting the volunteers, ReStore shoppers, and families that ICHFH serves and believes deeply in our vision of increasing the number of families living in safe, decent, and affordable housing. 
Shari and Mark are proud parents to six children and grandparents to 13 grandchildren and enjoy spending time with them. In her spare time, Shari loves to forage for herbs and make herbal medicine, gardening, cross country skiing, hiking, berry picking and just being outside. She also enjoys cooking and doing macrame projects.
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Mason Erdmann

ReStore Receiving Clerk

Nathan Schultz

ReStore Warehouse

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