Our Team: Volunteers and Staff
Mission
We mobilize resources to support and inspire Colorado's people in their preservation of meaningful places, heritage, and history.
Volunteer
If you share our belief that Colorado has history and places worth preserving, we welcome interest in serving on our boards and committees. Read on, and Contact us to learn more.
Colorado Historical Foundation Board of Trustees: Strategic and fiduciary oversight, plus ambassadorship for the Colorado Historical Foundation.
CHF Revolving Loan Fund Board of Trustees: Oversight of the Foundation's subsidiary nonprofit corporation, which operates an affordable loan program for reusing and repurposing old buildings.
Board Development Committee: AKA "the people committee," it facilitates outreach and recruitment of future leaders.
Loan Committee: Evaluates applications for financing historic building reuse and rehabilitation and recommends loan approvals to the Board.
Preservation Easement Committee: Oversees implementation of our easement property protection program, including recommending new easements for board approval.
Finance Committee: Oversees the annual budget, financials, investments, and use of restricted funds.
Design Review Volunteers: A bench of architects, architectural historians, consultants, and others with preservation experience who are called upon to provide constructive feedback on property alteration requests from preservation easement property owners and developers.
Colorado Historical Foundation Board of Trustees: Strategic and fiduciary oversight, plus ambassadorship for the Colorado Historical Foundation.
CHF Revolving Loan Fund Board of Trustees: Oversight of the Foundation's subsidiary nonprofit corporation, which operates an affordable loan program for reusing and repurposing old buildings.
Board Development Committee: AKA "the people committee," it facilitates outreach and recruitment of future leaders.
Loan Committee: Evaluates applications for financing historic building reuse and rehabilitation and recommends loan approvals to the Board.
Preservation Easement Committee: Oversees implementation of our easement property protection program, including recommending new easements for board approval.
Finance Committee: Oversees the annual budget, financials, investments, and use of restricted funds.
Design Review Volunteers: A bench of architects, architectural historians, consultants, and others with preservation experience who are called upon to provide constructive feedback on property alteration requests from preservation easement property owners and developers.
Colorado Historical Foundation Board of Trustees
CHF Revolving Loan Fund
Board of Directors
Staff
Fabby Hillyard, Board Chair
Consultant, DJCA
Ryan Wilcox, Vice Chair
Partner, Davis Graham
Yvonne Garcia Bardwell, Secretary
Assoc. Director of Community Relations, Denver Botanic Gardens
Nathan Boyless, Treasurer
Senior Principal | National Manager of Environmental Innovation and Technology, Terracon
Kate Fritz, Trustee
Executive Director, Denver Mountain Parks Foundation
Matt Goebel, Trustee
Senior Planning/Zoning Consultant, Goebel Partners
Nathan Gulash, Trustee
Associate, Semple Brown
Elizabeth Hallas, Trustee
Principal, Anderson Hallas Architects
Carl Hutchins, Trustee
Managing Member, Hutchins & Associates
Dr. Shirley Powell, Trustee
Town of Dolores
Dominick Sekich, Trustee
General Counsel, Panattoni Development
Ekaterini Vlahos, Trustee
Professor, U. Colorado Denver College of Architecture & Planning
Bruce O'Donnell, Board Chair
President, Starboard Realty Group
Jim Hartman
Manager, Hartman Ely Investments
Frank Kugeler
Retired
Jaxon Meardon, Treasurer
Vice President/Loans, First National Bank Colorado,
Las Animas
Eric Rymarz
Continental Realty Group
Dominick Sekich, Secretary
General Counsel, Panattoni Development
Gheda Gayou, Deputy Director, is an accomplished preservation leader with over two decades of experience in historic preservation, project management, and public grant administration. She has overseen multi-million-dollar grant portfolios and advanced process improvements across government and nonprofit sectors. As an architectural historian, Gheda holds Masters Degrees in Historic Preservation and Construction Management and has provided expert guidance through her consulting firm. With a collaborative and equity-driven approach, she builds strong partnerships and fosters innovation in preserving historic places across Colorado.
Cindy Nasky, Preservation Strategist, is an architectural historian with a love for and extensive experience in historic preservation, conservation easements, rehabilitation project management, grant administration and consultation. Nasky has over 30 years of experience in the field of preservation. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Public History/Historic Preservation from Colorado State University.
Catherine Stroh, President & CEO, is a native Coloradan who enjoys exploring the state's diverse geography, communities, and history. Her executive background includes operating an advertising agency, serving as the American Institute of Architects Colorado CEO, managing an insurance trade association's operations, merging five nonprofit organizations into one, plus serving on national boards. She obtained her Master of Nonprofit Management degree from Regis University. Stroh has been certified as a Historic Real Estate Development Finance Professional(TM) by the National Development Council (now known as Grow America).
The Colorado Historical Foundation is a proud member of the National Preservation Partners Network.
Redstone Castle interior plaster detail. Redstone, Colorado
