About our Staff

We have an amazing staff that cares about our clients, does excellent work, and is a joy to work with. Get to know the team below.

Chaos to Memories Founder and Owner

Adam Pratt
Founder and Owner

Adam loves people, photography, and a good story. With 30+ years of experience in technology and design, he was created to help you organize your family photos, preserve your memories, and tell your story. After he scanned and organized his own family memories, he loved that everything was safe, searchable, and shareable. Adam considers it an honor to help our clients have that same peace of mind.
  • Favorite thing about our work: New clients tell us how relieved they are to find us
  • Other interests: Ultramarathons, vegetarian cooking, modern architecture
  • Unusual skill: Juggling torches and knives!

Gretchen Hall
Media Preservation Specialist

Gretchen, aka “Sojourner Girl,” thrives outside, surrounded by the natural world. She ventures all over the United States and the world to explore. Hiking, camping, kayaking, and scuba diving are activities that thrill her! However, her greatest discoveries and happiest moments have been in her own backyard with her four children, where amazing adventures always await.
  • Favorite thing about our work: Every project is different and unique
  • Other interests: Scuba diving, hiking, camping, anything outdoors
  • Unusual skill: Master of mushroom identification

Chaos to Memories Staff - Media Preservationist Specialist
Chaos to Memories Staff Member - Client care and business development

Margaret Henry
Client Care and Business Development

  • Favorite thing about our work: The people – clients and staff. Making order out of chaos
  • Other interests: Travel and hiking, reading, family
  • Unusual skill: Working jigsaw puzzles without a photo of the final image while pieces are still jumbled in the box

Donovan Michel
Media Preservation Specialist

  • Favorite thing about our work: Talking with Adam about random photo nerd things
  • Other interests: The Bible, music-making, photography, graphic design, videography
  • Fun fact: Donovan’s album “Summer Night, Michigan” is available on all streaming services

Chaos to Memories Staff - Media Preservationist Specialist
Chaos to Memories Staff - Media Preservationist Specialist

Paige Nussbaumer
Media Preservation Specialist

  • Favorite thing about our work: When she catches herself smiling at other people’s memories.
  • Other interests: Nature conservation, running, photography, and family
  • Favorite endangered species: The red wolf

Carolyn Walter
Media Preservation Specialist

  • Favorite thing about our work: The stories behind the images
  • Other interests: Photography, travel, hiking, and family
  • Favorite Hiking Trail: While living in Bolivia, an old Inka trail that decends from the snow covered mountain tops above La Paz (the highest capital in the world) to the jungles down below

Chaos to Memories Staff - Media Preservationist Specialist
Chaos to Memories Staff - Media Preservationist Specialist

Luke Wollan
Media Preservation Specialist

Luke majors in Bible and Theology at Wheaton College, but calls Hutchinson, Minnesota home. He enjoys anything that has to do with connecting with people. For fun he goes disc golfing, reads about theology, plays guitar, and is a sports fanatic! He loves to admire the beauty of nature, especially in the form of sunsets.
  • Favorite thing about our work: Luke loves to see the different videos and pictures and experience super cool things secondhand! He also loves seeing sunsets and special places that he would not see otherwise!
  • Other interests: Being a sports fan, frisbee golfing, reading and learning about theology, watching sunsets, playing guitar, and being in community with friends
  • Unique attribute: Luke has Brachydactyly type D, which means one thumb is about 1/2 an inch shorter than the other

Payton Gagliardi
Media Preservation Specialist

Payton is a fresh graduate from Western Michigan University, where he studied Anthropology and German language. Off the clock you can find him playing music, gaming, or traveling about. He also plays trombone in a variety of jazz and classical settings.
  • Favorite thing about our work: Payton finds the detective work of reconstructing the places and people featured in different projects extremely fun and challenging.
  • Other interests: He loves club dodgeball (and was once a national all- star), meeting new people, and cooking.
  • Fun fact: Payton can speak fluent German and even lived in Berlin for a year.

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Beth Woods
Media Preservation Specialist

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If you’re near Chicago and ready to get started, come visit our Wheaton Studio Monday – Friday, 10-5. Please bring your memories with you.

Contact us for more information, shipping instructions, and to get started on your project.