Meet The Team
Amanda J.
Precourt
Founder & Executive Director
Amanda Precourt is a residential real estate developer, designer, philanthropist, and art collector. Cookie Factory extends Amanda’s commitment to driving positive change and elevating Denver’s international prominence through art, design, behavioral health, and community development. Her advocacy, informed by her own mental health journey and lifelong passion for art and design, is embedded in Cookie Factory’s ethos, centering on art’s ability to heal and elevate the human experience.
Andrew
Jensdotter
Co-Founder & Director of Exhibitions
Andrew Jensdotter is a painter and multimedia artist known for large-scale works that explore the tension between image saturation and aesthetic reduction, with work held in prominent collections around the world. At Cookie Factory, he brings an artist-centric approach to the exhibition program, deeply engaging with each exhibiting artist. He believes Cookie Factory offers a new way to experience art and opens meaningful channels for creative discovery.
JérômE
Sans
Artistic Director
Jérôme Sans is a world-renowned curator, art critic, artistic director, and director of institutions, known internationally for his pioneering and transversal approach to new models of cultural institutions and exhibitions. Having curated over 300 solo and group exhibitions worldwide, Jérôme will be focusing on the core of the Cookie Factory philosophy to facilitate the notions of home and community by encouraging new cultural exchanges within this residential neighborhood.
Mardee
Goff
Director of Strategy & Story
Mardee Goff is a curator, writer, and cultural strategist with over 15 years of experience in the art world. Known for bringing ambitious projects to life, she has collaborated with artists, museums, galleries, authors, and collectors globally. At Cookie Factory, Mardee shapes the institution’s vision, voice, structure, and broader programming—bridging storytelling, strategy, curatorial frameworks, and community engagement. She sees Cookie Factory as harnessing art’s power to create connection—holding space for memory and transformation, bridging what was with what’s possible.
Violet
Mantell
Director of Community Engagement & Executive Affairs
Violet Mantell is an arts administrator and advocate with a background spanning gallery operations, nonprofit management, fundraising, and community outreach. She is passionate about building networks of support around artists and cultural institutions—through gatherings and programs that nurture these relationships, and through more intimate, individualized moments of engagement. At Cookie Factory, Violet oversees day-to-day operations, welcomes visitors to the space, and fosters connection across its growing community.
Paul
Laurie
Director of Experience
Paul Laurie is an experiential producer and community builder with over a decade of experience creating immersive events that bring people together in unexpected and meaningful ways. As founder of Invisible City, he has crafted everything from surrealist masquerades to field day decathlons—always with an eye toward elegance, connection, and a touch of the absurd. With a background in cultural travel, creative consulting, and social architecture, Paul brings a deep understanding of how to design environments that feel both intimate and electric. At Cookie Factory, he curates moments of gathering that blur the lines between art, experience, and community—believing the space is more than a gallery: it’s a home for artful collisions and shared discovery.
Amanda J.
Precourt
Founder & Executive Director
Amanda Precourt is a residential real estate developer, designer, philanthropist, and art collector. Cookie Factory extends Amanda’s commitment to driving positive change and elevating Denver’s international prominence through art, design, behavioral health, and community development. Her advocacy, informed by her own mental health journey and lifelong passion for art and design, is embedded in Cookie Factory’s ethos, centering on art’s ability to heal and elevate the human experience.
Andrew
Jensdotter
Co-Founder & Director of Exhibitions
Andrew Jensdotter is a painter and multimedia artist known for large-scale works that explore the tension between image saturation and aesthetic reduction, with work held in prominent collections around the world. At Cookie Factory, he brings an artist-centric approach to the exhibition program, deeply engaging with each exhibiting artist. He believes Cookie Factory offers a new way to experience art and opens meaningful channels for creative discovery.
JérômE
Sans
Artistic Director
Jérôme Sans is a world-renowned curator, art critic, artistic director, and director of institutions, known internationally for his pioneering and transversal approach to new models of cultural institutions and exhibitions. Having curated over 300 solo and group exhibitions worldwide, Jérôme will be focusing on the core of the Cookie Factory philosophy to facilitate the notions of home and community by encouraging new cultural exchanges within this residential neighborhood.
Mardee
Goff
Director of Strategy & Story
Mardee Goff is a curator, writer, and cultural strategist with over 15 years of experience in the art world. Known for bringing ambitious projects to life, she has collaborated with artists, museums, galleries, authors, and collectors globally. At Cookie Factory, Mardee shapes the institution’s vision, voice, structure, and broader programming—bridging storytelling, strategy, curatorial frameworks, and community engagement. She sees Cookie Factory as harnessing art’s power to create connection—holding space for memory and transformation, bridging what was with what’s possible.
Violet
Mantell
Director of Community Engagement & Executive Affairs
Violet Mantell is an arts administrator and advocate with a background spanning gallery operations, nonprofit management, fundraising, and community outreach. She is passionate about building networks of support around artists and cultural institutions—through gatherings and programs that nurture these relationships, and through more intimate, individualized moments of engagement. At Cookie Factory, Violet oversees day-to-day operations, welcomes visitors to the space, and fosters connection across its growing community.
Paul
Laurie
Director of Experience
Paul Laurie is an experiential producer and community builder with over a decade of experience creating immersive events that bring people together in unexpected and meaningful ways. As founder of Invisible City, he has crafted everything from surrealist masquerades to field day decathlons—always with an eye toward elegance, connection, and a touch of the absurd. With a background in cultural travel, creative consulting, and social architecture, Paul brings a deep understanding of how to design environments that feel both intimate and electric. At Cookie Factory, he curates moments of gathering that blur the lines between art, experience, and community—believing the space is more than a gallery: it’s a home for artful collisions and shared discovery.
WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ART IS CENTRAL PART OF LIFE AND REFLECTS OUR HUMANITY.
