Kathleen O’Hara  has been a resident of Lake Bluff for fifty years. She spent thirty-six years as a teacher and principal of Lake Bluff Middle School from 1969 to 2005. Since 1969, she has been co-founder and historian of the Lake Bluff History Museum, and also served as Lake Bluff Village Trustee from 2007-2013, and president of the Village of Lake Bluff from 2013-2021. She is co-author of Lake Bluff: A Pictorial History and Lake Bluff, A Postcard History.