Board & Staff
It takes a team of people to preserve our heritage for future generations. Learn more about Chaffee County Heritage’s board and staff.
Passionate about Chaffee County’s heritage? Learn more about how you can get involved.
Board of Directors
Andrea Earley Coen
Board Chair, representing the Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 8 years
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center
What you love about Chaffee County: The people, the strong sense of community, the rich agricultural heritage, the beautiful landscape and the myriad ways to enjoy the outdoors.
Kathryn Dunleavy
City of Salida Representative
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 2 years
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Brown’s Canyon National Monument
What you love about Chaffee County: Being so close to so many beautiful places.
Art Hutchinson
Ranching Representative
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 2 years
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Hutchinson Ranch
What you love about Chaffee County: I love Chaffee County because it is home and has been for many generations.
Suzy Kelly
Founding Member of BV Heritage
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 1 year
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Buena Vista’s Courthouse Museum
What you love about Chaffee County: All the history
Greg Laudenslager
County County Planning Liaison
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 2 years
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Hutchinson Homestead & Learning Center
What you love about Chaffee County: The rich mix of people and all of the ways they get outside!
Melanie Roth
City of Salida Representative
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 2 years
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Browns Canyon National Monument
What you love about Chaffee County: Being so close to so many beautiful places.
Kent Wood
Nathrop/At-Large
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: 1 year
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: My favorite site is the Collegiate Peaks Scenic & Historic Byway. The views and the other pleasures of traveling along it need to be both enjoyed and understood.
What you love about Chaffee County: The natural forces and processes that have created the Chaffee County landscape with its plant and animal populations have made it outstanding even within the Rocky Mountain region. Appreciation of its unique value only grows with time spent here. Up to the present time, preserving that special environment has been compatible with human habitation. We need to keep it that way for future generations. We need to encourage a mentality of stewardship, not exploitation.
Staff
Dominique Naccarato
Executive Director
How long you’ve been with the Chaffee Heritage Board: I’ve been the Administrator for the Chaffee Heritage Board since becoming Executive Director for GARNA in 2018.
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Garfield Miner’s Cabin, because it was one of the first historic nominations that I was part of, and it sparked an amazing history lesson from DJ Dejong about that piece of property. I also love everything about the Monarch area and Monarch Pass.
What you love about Chaffee County: It’s home. I love the ranching heritage because it’s part of my husband’s family which goes back five generations. I also love the indigenous history of the area but also the current participation from Native Americans who called this valley their ancestral homelands.
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