Who We Are
We initiate ways to preserve and cultivate the heritage and culture of Heber Valley.
Historic preservation is a conversation with our past about our future. It provides us with opportunities to ask, “What is important in our history?” and “What parts of our past can we preserve for the future?” Through historic preservation, we look at history in different ways, ask different questions of the past, and learn new things about our history and ourselves. Sometimes historic preservation involves celebrating events, people, places and ideas that we are proud of. Other times, it involves recognizing moments in our history that can be painful or uncomfortable to remember. Regardless, historic preservation helps tell these stories so we can learn from our progenitors.
Our Team and Partnerships
Board of Directors
All of our board of directors have Heber Valley roots and are deeply invested in the historical assets we are preserving.
Paul Mendenhall: Paul has served as a chief investment officer in commercial real estate development.
Mark Van Wagoner: Mark is a highly respected litigation attorney.
Wayne Farr: Wayne has years of business management under his belt, but also enjoys being a historian.
Michael Moulton: Michael comes from both business management and facilities management backgrounds.
Steven Green: Steven is a retired financial manager for Franklin Covey and the LDS Church.
Terry Pitts: Terry has been involved in the healthcare technology marketplace dealing in mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital in the healthcare field.
Jason Moulton: Jason is the Retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI Seattle, Retired Loss Prevention Director, Safeway Seattle Division
Heber Valley Heritage Foundation Operational Team
Michael Moulton: CEO
Wayne Farr: VP
Steven Green: VP
Kristin Bunnell: Communications, Website
Wendel Rigby: Director – Records Preservation Center
Paul Henke: Assistant Director – Records Preservation Center
Jason Moulton: Director – Research and Discovery Center
Jane Montgomery Kinsel: Assistant Director – Research and Discovery Center
Vacant: Director – Audio/Visual Production Center
Vacant: Director – Living History Centers
We need skilled volunteers for additional director positions. Please contact us for more information:
Heritage Preservation
We have formed this advisory council to provide consultants, facilitators, and advisors specializing in historic, heritage, and community culture preservation to historic master planning and the heritage foundation establishment.
Mark Van Wagoner: Attorney
Paul Mendenhall: Chief Investment Officer
Michael Moulton: Business and Facilities Management
Steven Green: Retired Financial Manager for Franklin Covey, LDS Church
Wayne Farr: Business Management, Historian
Scot Lythgoe: Prominent builder and contractor. Construction manager.
Heber City Historic Preservation Commission
We have formed a Certified Local Government (CLG) that is eligible to apply for federal or state grants for historic preservation.
Ron Carlile: Chair
Harvey Horner: Member
Catherine Dalton: Member
McKay King: Member
Michael Seiter: Member
Kristy Bond: Member
Matt Brower: City Manager
Mark Smedley: Assistant City Manager
Additional Partnerships:
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WHY Heritage Preservation?
Boyd Matheson, a columnist, said, “In a society accelerating in fast-forward, where kitchen tables are often empty and on-the-go eating is the norm, opportunities for such stories to be remembered, shared and extended are in short supply. Few families are gathering, fewer communities are convening and it’s causing the fabric of society to fray. One of the great risks to a thriving society, or organization, is the loss of story and the principles that story contains and preserves.”
He continued, “The penalty for failing to share your story is the tragic loss of compelling history, critical values and even a crucial vision of the future. What we forget or neglect, our children may never know, and what our children do not know, our grandchildren are unlikely to ever realize or possess.”