The Faculty

John Mensinger, the self appointed home exchange guru and imperfect master, has traded his home 13 times. He has extensive experience in Sister City (twin towns if you are British) and Rotary Club youth and adult exchange programs. He works in a small family business, American Lumber Company, in Modesto, California. He has a degree in Psychology from Stanford University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard. He has lived and worked in Brussels; Montreal, and New York, and speaks French. Hobbies include cycling, gardening, and wine—he’s a certified judge for the California State Fair Wine Competition. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Rotarian Home Exchange Fellowship, a non-profit organization which has a commercial agreement with Homeexchange.com. When he makes mistakes please forgive him, he is an old man with three teen aged children.

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Didier Leclerc is an experienced home exchanger from Western France.  John Mensinger couldn’t resist his beautiful modern home surrounded by vineyards in the Muscadet wine growing region.  Didier has written a book on home exchange in French, Voyager en échangeant sa maison.  You can visit his French language home exchange website at www.vacances-echange.info.  Didier’s job is to provide an expert point of view from a French cultural perspective.  He is passionate about the humanistic benefits of home exchange.

Julia Bolton is the Guru’s long suffering wife and has her own opinions and experience with home exchange.  She’s responsible for our logo and graphics.    Gardner Rust edited our book and his work can be found on this website. Two Frenchmen, Guillaume Delory and Franck Hernoux have provided advice and technology expertise.

Deren S. Monday is a talented young online marketing manager who told the Guru that while he understands home exchange his commercial approach needed work.   He gets credit for being the driving force behind our new name and website. He keeps the Guru on track with a stick, carrot, and leash. When not abusing John, Deren is a remodeling coach helping people navigate the world of home improvement and renovation.

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Note:  All the photos on this website were taken by the Home Exchange Guru, his family, his friends, or his home exchange partners.