Meet Our Staff

Jamie Mjolsness

Executive Director

​Jamie has served as the Executive Director of Itasca County Habitat for Humanity (ICHFH) since October 2018. Prior to leading the Habitat team, Jamie dedicated 15 years to the Itasca County Family YMCA. During her tenure, she was instrumental in coordinating the Active Living Center and evidence-based programming for older adults—serving as a joint employee with ElderCircle—before concluding her time there as the Aquatics Director.

A lifelong resident of the area, Jamie grew up in rural Bovey and is a proud graduate of Greenway High School. She earned her associate’s degree in Sales and Business Management from Hibbing Community College, a background that supports her strategic leadership of the ICHFH affiliate today.
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Jamie lives just minutes from her childhood home with her husband and their three children. She feels fortunate to raise her family near her relatives and in a community that offers the outdoor lifestyle she loves. For Jamie, the most rewarding part of her work is the ability to make a tangible difference in the lives of her neighbors every day, helping to build a stronger Itasca County through stable housing.

Amanda MacDonell

Family Support Manager

Amanda joined the Itasca County Habitat for Humanity team in April 2024, filling the new position of Family Support Manager.  Amanda's past work experience includes working in the rental housing world and feels that this part-time position within Itasca Habitat is the perfect fit for her skills and abilities.  Amanda enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, grandchildren, and family, and loves sharing the joy of Jesus.   She enjoys ringing handbells 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 working with and walking alongside families in the Itasca County area at Habitat to help families 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 loves 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 four children along with their cats, horse and other 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 ICHFH with her 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. She also is an avid gardener, loves cross country skiing, hiking, berry picking, cooking and doing macrame projects.

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Nathan Schultz

ReStore Receiving Coordinator

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Colter Williams

Home Preservation/Repairs Manager

Colter joined Itasca County Habitat for Humanity at the beginning of 2025. Prior to joining he owned his own business that he started in 2019 that specialized in risk assessment of homes for insurance companies as well as worked in the construction industry on new home and remodel builds.

Colter grew up in Deer River and attended high school at Grand Rapids High School. He later moved to Bovey.  He married his wife in 2022 and had his first son in 2023 with a second child on the way. He likes to be with family and friends. He also likes to hunt, fish, and boat whenever he can.