Tracie Evans  is the current Curator of Collections for Sauder Village in Archbold Ohio where she oversees the historic collections, exhibits, and research.  Since she joined the staff in 2008, she has worked on numerous projects including the 1920s Main Street expansion, Grime Homestead renovation, and Pioneer Settlement along with managing the over 70,000 objects preserved by the site and its historic research activities.  Recently, she was asked to lead the large exhibitions related to the annual Quilt Show and Rug Show.  She has a master’s degree in public history from Wright State University and a bachelor’s degree in history and anthropology from Indiana University.  Before joining the staff of Sauder Village, she worked as the Curator of Collections for Wisconsin Historical Society’s Stonefield Historic Site and as the Collections Manager for the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco TX.  She has also had the opportunity to teach museum related coursework at both Baylor University in Waco TX and Bowling Green State University here in Ohio.  While in Texas, she worked extensively with the Museum Association of Waco’s outreach program and served as association President in 2007-2008.  Tracie has been an active member of the MOMCC since her return to the mid-west in 2008, often presents session relating to collections care and management.  She has organized conferences held at Sauder Village and Piqua OH along with several virtual conferences during COVID.  Since 2018, she has been involved at the board level as the Conference Program Coordinator.  In 2023, she was also the program co-chair for the ALHFM conference held at Sauder Village.

Michelle Evans of Greencastle, Indiana has been a constant in the museum world since the 1980's; and is a Christian of good standing and character in all her daily interactions.  She has a lifelong love of Women's and Native American history, reading and travel.  Michelle is good at everything textile related, but really shines when she is spinning and weaving.  She started at Conner Prairie in 1984 and currently is the Manager of the Historic Textiles, Foodways and Gardens.  She recently won an award at Conner Prairie, which allowed her to plan the 1920's Lunch On The Go program over the summer.  This program invited guests to step back in time, to enjoy a roadside picnic; which highlighted Conner Prairie's very own Model T and MOMCC's very own CeCe Otto providing entrainment.  Part of MOMCC and ALHFAM since 1985/86; Michelle has served as one of the past MOMCC conference coordinators and just recently completed a stint on the ALHFAM board in June 2025. 

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Michelle Evans

Ann Cejka is the Program Coordinator for Ushers Ferry Historic Village in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  She also serves as curator of collections, manages social media, and produces various forms of electronic media.  She holds a bachelor's degree in history and public relations from Mount Mercy College

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Ann Cejka

Secretary

Sue Chemler holds BFA’s from the University of Illinois in Art Education and Art History, plus a graduate certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University.  Her art is textiles.  She has taught at all levels and worked with Scouts and museums to create innovative programing.  She currently volunteers at the School of the Art Institute, Fashion Resource center.  She has been involved with MOMCC since 1986.

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Sue Chemler

Tom Kranc is originally from Chicago but has been a resident of Northwest Indiana where his wife and four children were volunteers at Buckley Homestead for many years.  Tom received a BS degree in accounting from Calumet College of St. Joseph in Whiting, Indiana.  He retired in October 2021 after working as an accountant for 44 years.   

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 Tom Kranc 

Maria Early (named such, because her husband refused to change his last name to Smith upon their marriage), currently manages the Historical Clothing department at Conner Prairie; a job that she got completely by accident and the grace of God.  She also volunteers regularly at Historic Ft Wayne in Indiana.  In a former life, she attended med school and then detective school at Ball State University.  Because God has a sense of humor, she ended up working in the library world for 15 years; before starting at Conner Prairie as a lowly seamstress in 2019.  Maria is happily married, with two adult daughters.  When not occupied with cloth or yarn, she enjoys: re-enacting 4 different time periods, roller coasters, camping, biking, boating, and reading.  One of her greatest pleasures is genealogy; the art of understanding how her grandmothers did things.  She is astonished, but pleased; that MOMCC finds her managerial and “history nerd” skills acceptable enough, to warrant her new position on the MOMCC board.  She will do her best to not disappoint everyone

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Maria Early

 Member at Large

Hannah Harvey has been involved with living history since the age of four.  A native of southeast Wisconsin, she began her living history career at Wade House at age 16.  She has since worked at the Washington County Historical Society, now Tower Heritage Center, and currently works at Manitowoc Co. Historical Societies Pinecrest Village. 

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Hannah Harvey

Michael Vogt a native of Gladbrook, Iowa, is presently a curator for the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, in Johnston, Iowa.  He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in history with a secondary teaching endorsement in 1991 and a Master’s Degree in United States history in 1997 from the University of Northern Iowa.  Mike has received additional training through the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, the US Army Center of Military History, and The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies.  He served on the Board of Directors as a volunteer and board chair for the Iowa Museum Association and the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees.  Past work experience includes employment as museum director for the Historical Society of Marshall County, Iowa, site supervisor at Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa, and assistant instructor at the Center for American Archaeology in Kampsville, Illinois.  In addition, he has taught as an adjunct history instructor for Grand View University, Simpson College, and Buena Vista University.  Mike presents at state and regional museum and history conferences and has published articles on American and military history in magazines, newspapers, journals, and books including Iowa Heritage Illustrated, The Iowan, the Des Moines Register, Iowa History Journal, and The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa.  Upon completion of FAA ground school and flight training he received a pilot license in 2009.  Under Vogt’s direction the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum’s volunteer Living History Detachment was developed in 2022. Providing first and third person educational interpretation on a variety of military history topics from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War the detachment participates frequently at veteran reunions, air shows, parades and indoor / outdoor public events.

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Mike Vogt

Melinda Carriker has been involved in MOMCC for over 25 years, and worked full-time at Living History Farms for 18 years before going part-time for the past 11+ years.  She has also been involved in various ways with numerous documentary films covering a wide variety of Midwest history topics, has taught adult education classes on specific Iowa history topics (many about pre-reservation era life of the Ioway Tribal Members), and enjoys continuing to learn about history and sharing information with others. 

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 Melinda Carriker

Fall Conference Coordinator

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 Jeanette Watts

Becky Crabb recently retired as Park Manager at Lake County Parks Buckley Homestead, Indiana, where she worked since 1980.  She is past president of MOMCC.  After being raised on an Indiana farm, Becky earned a degree in Wildlife Biology from Ball State University.

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Jackie Jacobs  has been involved in historical reenacting and period clothing reproduction since 1984.  In 1985 she started Past Reflections, a company dedicated to the creation of historically accurate clothing, patterns and accessories for the modern living historian.  She has provided costumes for movies, theater and ballet companies, and personnel working for our National Parks systems and other museum venues.  Her clientele is domestic and international.  Jackie has been a vendor at events since the 125^th Gettysburg in 1988 and many other events to present day, selling clothing, accessories, patterns and textiles.  Jackie has also exhibited and lectured about her collection of original garments at museums like Colonial Williamsburg and The Henry Ford, as well as small local museums. She has presented workshops on historical clothing and accessory construction for Corsets & Cravats conferences (virtual and in-person) and The Civilian Celebration conferences.  There are also many collaborative episodes with Civil War Digital Digest on various subjects about clothing, accessories and civilian life.  These video productions help to bring her extensive collection of original clothing to a wider audience.

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Ed Crabb has an Associate degree in Web and Graphic Design.  He was a Volunteer for over 30 years at Buckley Homestead County Park in Lake County, Indiana, and is starting his sixth year as the Conference Registrar.

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Tom Vance served as site manager at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site south of Charleston, Illinois, for 28 years before retiring and then becoming a historical consultant.  He is past president of MOMCC, was editor of the magazine from 1986 through 1992, and has been current editor since 2016.  He holds an M.A. in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University.

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