Trista Ward joined EVCF in 2023, served three years as Board Chair, and is currently a member of the Scholarship Committee. Originally from Duluth, she graduated from Denfeld High School in 2004. She works as a server at the Original Pancake House in Burnsville and volunteers in various capacities at both of her daughters’ schools. Trista has two daughters: an eighth grader at Black Hawk Middle School and an eleventh grader at Eastview High School. She enjoys supporting her daughters’ activities and can often be found cheering them on in basketball, sideline cheer, choir, and theater. Trista enjoys being a part of EVCF because of the sense of community and connection it brings.