Dean | Program Leader

Johanna has worked in many roles at Concordia Language Villages since 2008. She has a degree in Education and has spent time studying and working in Magedeburg, Bonn, Minden and Linz, Austria. The Waldsee people and community are what keeps her coming back to play in the woods and on the lake.

Program Leader

Thusnelda is a lifetime Concordia Language Villages villager and counselor at Waldsee and Lac du Bois. She has led the Family Program at Waldsee since 2021 and loves it! Thusnelda is a German teacher at a middle school in St. Paul, Minn., and always looks forward to her time at the Villages.

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David Heiko Lund leads the German Adult Weeks in the spring and fall where he leads with a flexible teaching style, piano and song leading skills and a cheerful and inclusive spirit.

Fluent in both German and Norwegian, Heiko holds a degree in German and Psychology from St. Olaf and was a Fulbright/DAAD Recipient in Germany for two years. Since 2018, he has taught German in the Seattle Area German Academy of the German Language School of Seattle. Previously, Heiko was an Air Force chaplain at the NATO Headquarters for Northern Europe in Stavanger, Norway for 5 years and prior to that, served as a Vicar for the American Church in Berlin.

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Megan Mirabelle Baldwin is part of the year-round staff in our facilities department with a special focus on risk management for all the Villages. She also serves as our liaison with the American Camp Association and currently sits on the Local Council of Leaders as the Membership Chair in our region. After spending a year as an exchange student with the Rotary in France, she discovered the Language Villages and fellow francophone culture enthusiasts. As a longtime staff member at the French Language Village, she honed her skills in sharing culture through art and baking activities. Megan is the program leader for our European Holiday Workshop.