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 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
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
Paige Nussbaumer
Media Preservation Specialist
- Favorite thing about our work:
- Other interests: Running
- Unusual skill:
Josh Pratt
Media Preservation Specialist
Josh has worked at Chaos to Memories for three years and has helped the company grow and develop. He’s a junior in high school and enjoys playing football, lacrosse, and lifting weights. He also really enjoys hanging out with his friends and spending time outdoors, especially if there is warmth and adventure involved. To the delight of his grandparents, South Carolina is one of his favorite vacation spots.
- Favorite thing about our work: Seeing the progression of family photos over time. It’s especially fun for Josh when people he knows show up in the memories.
- Other interests: Lifting weights, hanging out with friends
- Unusual skill: Josh can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 30 seconds.
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
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
At Chaos to Memories we help families enjoy their memories again with archival photo scanning, video conversion, and digital photo organization. Contact us for more information or to get started on your Photo or Video Archive Project.