MPAC Board of Directors
Updated June 2024
Tom Webster
President
Tom Webster has been promoting and producing entertainment events in Montana and throughout the West since 1985. From 1994-2021 he ran venues and taught students in the Entertainment Management Curriculum at the University of Montana- Missoula.
He recently un-retired and is currently the Director of the Mother Lode Theatre in Butte, MT. He has served on the MPAC board since 1995.
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The Mother Lode Theater, Butte
Montana Tunehound Productions, Missoula
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Jill Dostert-Wagner
Vice-President
I have had the pleasure to serve on the MPAC Board for 18 years (thanks to Tom Webster twisting my arm) and it’s been a great journey! I’ve met so many wonderful artists and performing arts presenters and I’m always amazed by the creative talents of both groups. I’ve been a Controller for Blue Rock Companies of Eastern Montana for many years and I’m thankful to work for a Company that also supports the arts in our communities. When I first moved to Sidney in 1986, one of my friends invited me to a Northeastern Arts Network (NAN) concert; I was hooked - and before you know it, I was the Treasurer, then the President. I stayed involved in NAN because I wanted my two daughters to experience the “live” outreaches in the schools. Watching the children’s reactions at the school performances is the most rewarding feeling and keeps our volunteer organization going strong! When I’m not working or volunteering, you can find me hunting with my hubby, hiking or kayaking (come and join me on the Yellowstone!).
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Northeastern Arts Network
Sidney, Glasgow, Malta
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Misty Annala
Secretary
Misty serves as the President of Judith Arts Society, based in Geyser, MT, where she has lived since 1990. Judith Arts Society serves several communities in Judith Basin County, including Hobson, Stanford, Geyser, and Utica. She is a retired K-12 music educator, and works as a booking agent for the Great Falls Symphony. Misty also works on a family cattle ranch with her husband and two adult sons. She joined the board of MPAC in 2019 to learn more about the presenting organizations in Montana, and how they collaborate to bring the arts to their communities.
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Judith Arts Society
Hobson
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Rob Kohler
Artist Representative
A bassist and composer with a unique voice, Rob Kohler has been a fixture of the Pacific Northwest music scene for forty years. He has appeared on over 100 diverse recordings as bassist or engineer. He first caught international attention as a member of the trio In Flight, through their appearance at Montreux Jazz Festival in 1989. Recently, Kohler has played in the trio Betty Jane, appearing with them on 11th & Grant on Montana PBS in 2020. In 2018-19 he toured in North America and Asia with Halie Loren. In 2019, he released the critically acclaimed album Winter Colors on Origin Records, with his brother Lee Kohler, cousin Dave Peterson, longtime colleague Brent Jensen, and Origin founder John Bishop.
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Kohler is also a beloved educator. For twenty years he taught K-12 music at Headwaters Academy, Oak Hill School, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and Inglewood District Schools. He has been a regular at the Stanford Jazz Workshop since 1991, serving as education director there from 2006-07. Kohler has also been an integral part of the South Delta Jazz Workshop in Vancouver B.C. since 2003. While on the NOCCA faculty from 2007-09, he created and directed the school's first middle school jazz program. In 2013 he wrote a beginning jazz theory textbook, Music Theory from A to G.
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Musician
Great Falls
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Gary Fjeldstad
Director
Gary Fjelstad began his entertainment business career through association with Archie Campbell the star of the 70’s and 80’s hit television series, “Hee Haw.” Working closely with Archie and his Nashville agency Gary established a regional office which booked concert events spanning the Rocky Mountain Region.
Upon Mr. Campbell's retirement, Gary assumed leadership of the agency, eventually transitioning it into Rocky Mountain Talent Services, Inc (“RMTS”). Gary’s guidance has propelled its expansive growth into the robust entity that it is today. The company offers comprehensive booking services through enduring partnerships with major artist agencies nationwide. Its hallmark is continuing involvement in each booking which is tailored to presenters, venues, and events of all sizes.
Based upon the RMTS reputation of personalized, cost effective, professional service, Gary was contacted by Gaylord Hotels / Marriott International to play a key role in the production of “ICE!” an annual walk through attraction which features 2-million pounds of large block ice sculpted into scenes from beloved holiday films. Produced by the RMTS subsidiary, Global Attractions Unlimited, “ICE! runs simultaneously at the six Gaylord Resorts and convention centers annually during the holiday season. Nashville, Orlando, Dallas,National Harbor Maryland,Denver, San Antonio.
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Kootenai Heritage Council
Rocky Mountain Talent Services & Global Attractions Unlimited
Libby
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Connie Jenkins
Treasurer
​Choteau County Performing Arts
Fort Benton
Jim Peaco
Director
Electric Peak Arts Council
Gardiner
MPAC Staff
Updated June 2024
Emily Wolfram
Executive Director
Emily received a Bachelor of Music in music management and cello performance from California State University, Sacramento. In 2010 she joined the staff of The Hartt School Community Division at the University of Hartford where she served as the Marketing and Communications Administrator for a community music and dance school serving over two thousand students from the region. In 2014 she moved to Chicago where she worked as Director of Admissions and Finance at the Western Springs School of Talent Education and the Naperville Suzuki School.
Emily moved to Great Falls, Montana in 2016 with her husband, bassoonist Dorian Antipa, when he was appointed principal bassoon for the Great Falls Symphony and the Chinook Winds Quintet. Emily served the Great Falls Symphony as Manager of Core Ensembles until 2019. In 2022 Emily returned to the field of arts administration and advocacy, joining the Montana Performing Arts Consortium as its Executive Director.
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In addition to working in nonprofit administration and marketing, Emily freelances as a website designer and marketing consultant at emilyrwolfram.com. She also maintains a private teaching studio and performs as section cellist with various Montana orchestras. In her spare time Emily enjoys gardening, hiking, camping, playing ice hockey, skiing, rock climbing, knitting, geology, and exploring Montana.​