About the Duarte Historical Society

PRESIDENT: Claudia Heller

Claudia has served as the Museum president since 1992.  As president she presides over board and general meetings, supervises the temporary exhibits, and serves as a liaison between the City and the Society.  She schedules museum programs, activities and projects.  She has authored three books, one of which is Duarte Chronicles.

VICE PRESIDENT: Sharman Warner

Sharman’s main duty is to organize, mentor and draft docents.  She supervises the docent schedule to be sure it is running smoothly. She creates the docent schedule and does damage control when docents are unable to do their duty.  Always full of good cheer, she helps out her fellow Board Members as needed.

SECRETARY: Cathy Long

A resident of Azusa, Cathy has many talents and is helping reframe and do damage control on many exhibits.  She takes minutes at the Board meetings, and is always willing to help out in any project.  She also spends hours on the scanning project.

ASSISTANT CURATOR: Dilip Tiwari

Dilip has been busy at work throughout the year photographing the Museum inventory and creating a data base that will be useful to the museum and visitors.  He has already helped the Society purchase the proper equipment for this project.  He co-supervises the scanning project and is also on hand to help with whatever the Society needs. 

TREASURER: Steve Baker

Steve has served as the Museum and Society treasurer for more than thirty years, keeping the books and records in good shape.  He is the unofficial historian for the cities of Monrovia and Duarte and possesses a wealth of information about local history.  He manages to keep a smile while running between the bank and the museum to keep his job up to date.  He is a walking history book, keeper of the memories.

BOARD MEMBER: Liz Reilly

Liz, despite also serving as a Duarte City Council Member, is a valuable Board Member, specializing in fundraising.  She is a great supporter and volunteers to help in all of our projects – no job is too big or small for her to tackle.  She organized the D’Aquino Party, our biggest fundraiser ever. 

BOARD MEMBER: Judy Blake

Judy will help in many regards and has taken on the responsibility of supervising and organizing the kitchen and arranging refreshments for museum sponsored activities and meetings.