SHANE JEWELL has been appointed executive director of Oklahoma’s OK Mozart International Festival, effective August 3. For the past seven years he has worked for Celebrity Attractions as company manager, technical director, and advertising director for various national touring companies. Jewell is also co-founder and marketing director of the Big Wheels Charity Race in Tulsa, which benefits a local cancer organization. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in film studies.

Posted July 31, 2009