Matt Wagner - Executive Director
Throughout his career, Matt Wagner has built experiences that foster creativity and community at the intersection of art, music, and food. As the executive director of Pickathon Creative Neighborhoods, he leads programs empowering young creatives and skilled tradespeople that extend well beyond the festival. He brings a wealth of experience, from curating exhibitions, events, and murals across Japan, France, Mexico, and Oregon, to co-founding Forest For The Trees, a non-profit project dedicated to the creation of contemporary public art in Portland and Seattle. His travels inspired him to write a series of three books—The Tall Trees—about creative life in Tokyo, Portland, and Paris, published by Overcup Press. The camaraderie and hospitality Matt experienced living abroad sparked his interest in creating the same experiences here in Portland: Matt has produced food events in Mexico, guest cooked in Tokyo and at Art Basel Miami, he helped launch Chef Gregory Gourdet’s KANN Winter Village pop-up in 2020, and opened 28 Tigers, a small plate, Szechuan-style restaurant in 2022. Matt has been a curator with Pickathon since 2018.
Mark Subotnick - Board Member
Mark “Bot” Subotnick is a longtime gaming and technology executive, known for holding key roles at Intel, Microsoft, and SEGA across multiple generations of technological innovation. He has worked in nearly every category of gaming and entertainment, from production to business development, QA, and marketing. Mark began his video game career at SEGA of America, starting as a tester and moving up to senior roles including producing and managing internal development for the Dreamcast launch. After a stint on Muse Communications’ executive team, he joined Microsoft in 2001 and began to work on the launch of Xbox, Xbox Live, Games for Windows, and eventually Xbox 360 as a Developer Relations Manager. In 2007 he joined Intel Corporation as the Executive Producer of Project Offset and the Game Engine Team. Over the next 15 years he held executive roles ranging from business development to managing the program office with DreamWorks Animation, to VR, to running an esports event with the International Olympic Committee, and eventually heading up the Desktop Enthusiast business. Today at SVP Partnerships at ProbablyMonsters, he manages many of the company’s central business services, including partnerships, operations, IT, QA, external and co-development, live operations and more. Mark is a proud husband and father with two sons who have lived in Portland, Oregon for nearly a decade.
Jamey Hampton - Board Member
Jamey Hampton has had a storied career in dance, theater, television, and film that has spanned five decades. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a distinguished athlete in high school, receiving varsity letters in track and football, while also appearing in numerous theater productions. He attended Dartmouth College, where he was a competitive ski racer, rugby player, as well as rowing stroke on the freshman crew team. Dartmouth was also where Jamey began dancing in earnest, meeting Pilobolus Dance Theater while pursuing a BFA degree in Theater. After Dartmouth, he danced with Pilobolus around the world for five years. He then helped form and danced with MOMIX from 1982-87, followed by ISO Dance from 1987-1995. Both MOMIX and ISO appeared on hundreds of stages around the world, as well as in music videos, fashion shows, galas, workshops, and feature films. In 1997, Jamey formed BodyVox with his partner, Ashley Roland. Now in its 24th season, BodyVox is a vibrant and singular dance company known to audiences worldwide for its ebullient and deeply imaginative work. Additionally, the BodyVox Dance Center has become a hub for dance performance and education in Portland, attracting and enabling myriad artists in the dance field to study and pursue their craft.
Paul Anthony Troiano - Board Member
Paul Anthony Troiano is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a track record of creating and scaling ventures across diverse industries. He founded Rumblefish, a pioneering music tech company, from his dorm room at the University of Oregon, which later became a cornerstone of a billion-dollar merger with SESAC and the Harry Fox Agency. His entrepreneurial journey also includes Spaceman Guitar Pedals, renowned for transforming space-parts into sought-after effects pedals used by top musicians worldwide which was subsequently acquired by Eastwood Guitars.
Paul's entrepreneurial endeavors extend to hospitality with Booze Trucks, a venture specializing in converting vintage trucks into mobile bars, and DoPDX (formerly Do503), a premier event listing platform in Portland which was acquired by DoStuff media under his leadership. Additionally, he co-founded Metrognome, the largest band rehearsal facility network in the Northwest, and TEDxPortland, the world's largest indoor TEDx event.
Committed to giving back, Paul has established impactful nonprofit initiatives like the Department of Joy, supporting community-focused artists, and the RAINMAKER endowment fund, empowering student entrepreneurs at the University of Oregon. His artistic pursuits span film composition, music production with Grammy award-winning artists, firedancing and large-scale interactive music installations showcased at Burning Man and festivals nationwide.
In addition to his entrepreneurial and artistic achievements, Paul is a prolific real estate investor with holdings across land, RV parks, self-storage, residential and commercial sectors. His multifaceted career reflects a dedication to innovation, community enrichment, and pushing the boundaries of creativity in business, community-building and beyond.