A transplant to Chaska with deep Chaska roots, Lisa has been involved with the History Center since 2000.  Fond of gardening, crafting, educating and sharing history, Lisa became President in 2015. At the History Center she does a little bit of everything but thoroughly enjoys helping people discover their own history.

A transplant to Chaska in 1979, Julie has been a special education teacher for secondary grade levels and an elementary teacher in the Chaska school district. Her passions at the History Center include research on historical buildings, oral interviews, tour leader and social media.

Doris was born and raised in three different houses along Walnut Street in downtown Chaska.  She spent her corporate career as an accountant, auditor, programmer and IT professional before starting her own web mail order business.  She is currently the Treasurer and resident "Geek" at the History Center.

Barb moved to Chaska 45 years ago but was very familiar with Chaska growing up as her mother attended high school and her grandmother did her farm business in Chaska.  Barb inherited the interest in history and genealogy from her dad who researched his family background and instilled the importance of documenting the past for future generations.  Volunteering at the Chaska History Center has always been on her bucket list.

Steve first visited Chaska in 1965 as a South Mpls. Roosevelt High School volunteer to help shovel mud out of flooded downtown Chaska homes after the Great Flood. He came back after finishing the U of M and marrying Susan in 1971, to live and raise their family in Jonathan in Chaska. His career as a Registered MN Architect, included 34 years of co-ownership of Jafvert Mueller Architects and 11 years with NELSON Worldwide. He has been part of the Chaska Heritage Preservation Commission for 10 years, and now as the CHS Representative, since 2018. Steve enjoys being part of the CHS Accessioning Team and was a major contributor to the recent Virtual "Why Chaska" Exhibit.

Jeanette moved back to Minnesota from New Hampshire in 1997 to change careers and then moved to Chaska in 1998. She spent her career in the military,(US Air Force) university education and corporate IT. Jeanette also serves on the Exhibits team working on the  WWI and WWII  exhibit and  the recent Why Chaska exhibit. She looks forward to continuing her work at the History Center in IT.

Jay is a lifelong resident of Chaska.  The history of his home town is important to preserve and share.

Rick has been volunteering at the Chaska History Center for several years now. He respects the dedication and passion all the volunteers have to preserve the history of Chaska for future generations.

Kelly is a native of a small rural Iowa County Seat town, similar to old Chaska in size. He and his Minnetonka-native wife Cindy moved to Chaska from northern NJ during the height of the COVID pandemic. A lifelong lover of history, Kelly reached out to Lisa about volunteer opportunities, and they landed on him conducting oral history interviews; both as a way of contributing to the Chaska Historical Society, and his learning about his new home of Chaska. Becoming a CHS volunteer helped make their transition to Chaska a great experience during a most difficult period in our nation's recent history. 
 

After completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Iowa State University, Kelly had a 35 year Human Resources corporate career which took him and his family all across the nation. Interviewing great people and learning about local history is a dream come true; and he looks forward to continuing his learning and contributing to CHS in other ways.