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.
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!
Gretchen Warren
Team Lead
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
Cindy Pratt
Studio Manager
- Favorite thing about our work: The people I work with, and being helpful!
- Other interests: Running and exercise, connecting with people, coffee dates with friends, spending time with my family
- Favorite Thing: I am happiest in warm weather, especially on a beach on St. Croix!
Carolyn Walter
Media Preservation Specialist, Staff Photographer
- 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
Paige Nussbaumer
Media Preservation Specialist, Project Manager
- 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
Grace Lee
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work: Grace enjoys seeing photos of grandparents with their grandchildren because of the love captured in those images. It reminds her of her own grandparents.
- Other interests: Spending time with family and friends, hiking, traveling, trying new foods, and fostering kittens.
- Fun Fact: After experiencing Via Ferrata Mürren, she wants to challenge herself to do more difficult ones in the future. Maybe in the Dolomites.
Sophia Michel
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work: Seeing all the really old photos and film
- Other interests: Music, painting, crocheting, reading, hanging out with animals
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Michigan because it’s peaceful, pretty, by the beach, and near the woods
Mark Seabloom
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work: Working on different types of conversion and helping a wide variety of people.
- Other interests: Playing the guitar, sports (specifically the Chicago bears), and hiking.
- Favorite Vacation Spot: Saugatuck, Michigan with family
Sarah Thom
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work: Helping families leave a lasting legacy
- Other interests: Design, art, strength training, travel, hot coffee, and good poetry
- Fun fact: She’s always looking to add more weight to the barbell.
Andrew Pratt
Social Media Lead
- Favorite thing about our work: Working with all sorts of media and being around creative people
- Other interests: Music, movies, traveling, photography
- Favorite place visited: Scotland
Joshua Pratt
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work: Being able to deliver lasting memories to clients and seeing the joy that it brings families to have these memories forever.
- Other interests: Working out, video games, being outdoors, meeting new people, sports
- Fun Fact:He can solve a Rubik’s cube in under 60 seconds
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.