Biografia da Equipa

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Alexandra Origet du Cluzeau

Paris, France
Director of PR and Marketing www.HomeExchangeGold.com

Alexandra is HE’s unparalleled Gold site Representative, handling our international marketing and communications. She brings extensive experience in Public Relations and marketing to HE international along with her enthusiasm for the HE program.      mais...

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András Kardos

Hungary
Representative and IT for Hungary www.csereotthon.com

András Kardos’ experience as a software developer is vital to the promotion of HE in Hungary. His role as HE’s Hungary representative allows him to promote what he considers a great idea, the exchanging of homes.      mais...

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Anna Sikorska

Wrocław, Poland
QA Engineer

Anna is from Poland and currently lives in the beautiful, old city of Wroclaw. She is huge snow lover and takes pleasure in all activities within it! She enjoys singing, biking, traveling and crazy projects – which is why our team is incredibly thankful for her. Anna is our go-to gal for anything and everything technical.      mais...

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António Batista Bernardino

Marinha Grande, Portugal
Representante para Portugal www.TrocaCasa.com

Seja no seu destino de férias favorito em Veneza, na Itália ou na sua residência actual em Portugal, António Batista está sempre a explorar o mundo da cultura. Ele adora o conceito do site TrocaCasa por uma série de razões, não apenas porque a sua esposa e os dois filhos preferem a comodidade de uma casa longe do seu lar, mas também, por ter a certeza que, durante a sua ausência, a sua casa ficará segura e cuidada pelo seu parceiro de troca.      mais...

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Benedikte Jansen

Filtvet, Norway
Representative for Norway www.Boligbytte.com

Artist, teacher, mother, travel enthusiast – are just a few terms to describe our Norwegian Representative Benedikte. Her husband and two young children adore traveling to Italy and praise Home Exchange for the access it gives them to experience a “behind the scenes” insider look at a city and overall culture.      mais...

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Claire Cavalli

England, United Kingdom
Customer Service

Claire was born and raised in a small seaside town in Somerset, England. The majority of her career has been spent working in Customer Service for both large and small organizations. In recent years she has been running her own administration business.      mais...

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Corinne Nieman

Den Haag, Netherlands
Representative of The Netherlands

Photographer, producer, PR person, physical therapist, event-organizer. These are all things Corinne has done and still does in her life.      mais...

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Cristelle Mistrot Dit Pachet

Lalonquette, France
International Customer Service

With her husband, young son and their 6-year-old German shepherd, Cristelle almost always has her hands full. She has traveled to Spain many times and is quite fond of it though has always dreamed of seeing Scotland and discovering New Zealand.      mais...

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Cristina Pagetti

Pavia, Italy
Representative for Italy www.scambiocasa.com

Cristina is currently living in the canvas-essque countryside of North Italy. Her love of travel has taken her all over the world but her ideal get-a-ways include Australia, Greece and Spain or anywhere that assures warm and sunny days.      mais...

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Cécile Vignau

Asté, France
Customer Service for France www.trocmaison.com

Cécile is new to the HE family, and is ready for her very first home exchange this summer. She is excited to try it as she feels that it is not only a destination but the destination you choose that allows you to experience another person’s way of life.      mais...

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DJ Sim

New York City, New York, United States
IT Liaison

An avid basketball fan, DJ enjoys spending most of his free time catching up on his favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers, or discussing various sports topics over a drink with friends. He enjoys music, movies and currently splits his time between Los Angeles and New York, finding it interesting how living in the two largest cities in the United States couldn't be more different..      mais...

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Dalibor Jurgec

Zagreb, Croatia
Programmer

Dalibor was born in Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Mediterranean which to him is the most beautiful city in the world. For the last few years he has been living in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, often referred to as "The City with a Million Hearts" for a good reason.      mais...

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Dick Kiers

Den Haag, Netherlands
Representative for Netherlands and Belgium at www.huizenruil.com

After doing over 20 home exchanges over the past 9 years, it is more than apparent that Dick is a true Home Exchange enthusiast. Addicted to the “local” feeling, HE provides, he swears there is no other way to travel! He speaks several languages and currently resides in The Hague, Netherlands but his favorite travel destination is without a doubt sunny Florida.      mais...

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Ed Kushins

Hermosa Beach, California, United States
President of www.HomeExchange.com

Ed Kushins’ first travel experience as a Submarine Officer in the Navy, as marketing director for an airline and entrepreneur of numerous start-up companies all led him to where he is today; enthusiastic Founder and President of HomeExchange.com. From his first exchange to Washington D.C.      mais...

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Ellen Mygind Kristensen

Copenhaga, Denmark
Representative, Denmark

Ellen thinks the world of home exchange and is proud to represent a country which at the moment holds the unofficial world record in home swapping. She never gets tired of that thrilling moment when you enter an exchange partner's house for the first time and get invited into someone elses life.      mais...

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Ellexsis Smith

Ishpeming, Michigan, United States
Customer Service

Ellexsis is the mother of 3 beautiful children. She has such admiration for Home Exchange as it allows her to travel while saving money, as well as showing her kids a local genuine experience as opposed to the generic hotel life.      mais...

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Filip Ljubic

Zagreb, Croatia
Representative for Croatia

Filip is happily married to our other Croatian Representative, Rujana. They are very proud of their exceptionally bright 3-year old daughter! Along with Representing www.mijenjamvikendicu.com , Filip is the CEO of Amphinicy Technologies, the world’s No #1 software provider for companies operating in satellite industry.      mais...

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George Balen

Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Vice President of www.HomeExchange.com

To say George is shy is like saying humans have no need for oxygen – it could not be further from the truth. This extremely outgoing individual is one of those people you could talk to for days on end.      mais...

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Henriette Wedel Nielsen

Denmark
Representative for Denmark www.Hjembytte.dk

Henriette is our enthusiastic representative from Denmark and lives in the city centre of Aarhus. She enjoys contributing to the comfort and joy of our Danish members at Hjembytte.dk as well as on Facebook as she appreciates the elements of both mutual trust and adventure in the HomeExchange concept.      mais...

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Jayson Repko

Hermosa Beach, California, United States
Social Media and Blog Writer

Originally from Pennyslvania, Jayson packed his bags for sunny California two years ago and has enjoyed a wild ride that has landed him in the welcoming arms of Home Exchange. Jayson graduated from Ursinus College with a degree in Media and Communications and a minor in Journalism.      mais...

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Joanna Papaiconomou

Athens, Greece
Representative for Greece

Born in Athens, Joanna is the newest addition to the HE Team. She was one of our first members in Greece, signing up in 2005 and in April 2011 became the Home Exchange rep for Greece.      mais...

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Judy Saavedra

Redondo Beach, California, United States
Customer Service

Judy has spent 18 years as a member of HE and loved every minute of it. HE provides Judy and her partner, David, the opportunity to visit many places and she can honestly say that every experience has been enjoyable.      mais...

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Julie Osborne

England, United Kingdom
UK & Ireland PR and Concierge for Customer Service

Julie loves Latin Dancing, Singing and Sailing as well as making time to work as our UK rep and in Customer Service. As a semi-professional dancer and performer its great that she enjoys the time to do all she does for the HE family, and her love of travel and adventure fit in perfectly with our culture.      mais...

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Jürg Thalmann

Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Rep for Germany,Switzerland and Austria www.Haustauschferien.com

A sports enthusiast and admirer of any and all sunshine, Jürg offers a wonderful taste of sarcasm and excitement to the HE family. He loves spending time with his beautiful daughter and their pets while the two of them listen to music and soak up a good book.      mais...

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Karin Kåsa

Sweden
Representative for Sweden www.HemByte.nu

Karin is Swedish, and has lived in Zürich, Switzerland with my family since 2008. They moved there because of their love of adventurers, skiing and hiking in the mountains.      mais...

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Katrina Smith

Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Customer Service

A proud mother of 6, Katrina is more or less a saint for taking on a “second” job as our Number 1 in Customer Service! Full of talents like the incredibly fitting fact that she is ambidextrous, she is also an avid Xbox Live fan. She has lived all across the country literally from California to her current residence in Florida.      mais...

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Keghan Hurst

Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Director of PR and Marketing

As a Colorado native, Keghan has always had a love of sunshine and adventure. She brings her wealth of experience, energy and enthusiasm for travel to the HE family, all of whom she admires dearly.      mais...

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Leila Benguerel-dit-Perroud

Grolley, Switzerland
Customer Service for France www.trocmaison.com

Leila loves everything the world has to offer, from an exciting new recipe made with fresh ingredients, to an appetite for traveling around the globe. She and her husband Denis have two beautifully grown children, their daugther Roxane and son Morgan.      mais...

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Mirey Mesayyah

Istambul, Turkey
Representative for Turkey www.evdegistokusu.com

Mirey is a travel enthusiast. Along with representing our site in Turkey, she is also a Travel journalist by trade.      mais...

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Perttu Pöyhtäri

Haukipudas, Finland
Representative for Finland www.Kodinvaihtoloma.com

Perttu grew up in a very small town where there are more cows then people and two cars behind a tractor is a traffic jam. This small town feel was nice but he currently resides in Oulu, Finland with his wife and three children.      mais...

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Rujana Ljubic

Zagreb, Croatia
Representative for Croatia www.mijenjamvikendicu.com

Never stop exploring. This sentence is more than inspiring for Rujana. Although she finished political science she found her interest in TV business as a news producer.      mais...

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Steve Xue

Hong Kong
Representative for Hong Kong cn.homeexchange.com

This modest Jack-of-all-trades “though master of none” is a Professor by day and travel connoisseur by night. Having grown up in Mainland China in an ancient city, Xian, Steve was essentially interested in culture from birth.      mais...

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Sue Welham

England, United Kingdom
PR and Marketing UK & Ireland

Growing up in England, Sue has developed a genuine love of nature and art. When she is not creating ceramic sculptures, she enjoys cooking for friends while sharing a good bottle of wine.      mais...

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Violette Diaz

Uceda, Spain
Representative for Spain www.intercambiocasas.com

Violette Diaz, our representative in Spain, finds that HE allows members to get to know the citizens of the country they visit. By using HE, travelers are inviting each other to experience and thereby know each other.      mais...

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William Heinzer

Genebra, Switzerland
Head representative for www.trocmaison.com

From land to sea there is not an activity you will not find William enjoying. His wife and two children enjoy everything from skiing to surfing and find Home Exchange to be the most ideal way of exploring another country.      mais...