Werner Janssen
Formally educated as an aeronautical engineer at Purdue University, Werner Janssen decided to follow a completely different career path at the age of twenty-four when he accepted the position of business manager of Holden Village, a unique, isolated, developing retreat center located in the North Cascade mountains of Washington State. After managing and developing the operation from 1963 to 1983, he went on to serve as a school board member for eight years in the Cascade School District and as...See more
Formally educated as an aeronautical engineer at Purdue University, Werner Janssen decided to follow a completely different career path at the age of twenty-four when he accepted the position of business manager of Holden Village, a unique, isolated, developing retreat center located in the North Cascade mountains of Washington State. After managing and developing the operation from 1963 to 1983, he went on to serve as a school board member for eight years in the Cascade School District and as Chelan Public Utility District Commissioner for four years. In 1993 Janssen joined the project management team developing the Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat in Leavenworth, Washington, eventually serving as its general manager and becoming a member of the Sleeping Lady Foundation. For seven years he presented the weekly, at times, controversial social commentary Consider This on the local radio station KOHO 101.1 FM. See less
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