City of Leavenworth, Washington

Elmer Larsen

Position 1. Elmer was first elected to the Leavenworth  City Council in 1987 and served eleven years until 1998 when he was elected Mayor to complete the remaining two year term of the previous Mayor who had stepped down. In 2000 he did not seek re-election because of the demands of his regular employment. Eight years later in 2008 he again ran for City Council and was elected to his present position.

For the past 30 years Elmer has made his living as a software developer.  For fifteen years he ran his own software development and consulting business. His main focus was developing children’s educational programs for the PC market. At one time he had seven programs on the US market with three of them having been converted into French, German and Japanese for the foreign markets. For a time he taught computer programming at the Leavenworth High School and later was employed by the Chelan County PUD as a software programmer from where he retired two years ago.

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Larry Meyer

Position 2. Larry Meyer, the most recent City Councilmember, was appointed to the Leavenworth City Council on November 4, 2010.

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Tibor Lak

Position 3. Tibor Lak was elected to the Leavenworth City Council and began his first term in 2004. He is currently serving his second term which began in 2008.

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Carolyn Wilson

Position 4. Carolyn was born and raised in California. She moved to Leavenworth in 1997 to be close to her daughter and her family. She also served a previous term on City Council from 2002 until 2006.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Earth Science from Pacific Lutheran University, and a Master’s Degree from the University of California, Davis.

She is a former Jr. High School and High School Teacher and Coach. Carolyn was also in law enforcement for many years. She was a City Police Officer, and also a federally-sworn Tribal Police Officer on the Miwuk Reservation in California, where she obtained the rank of Sergeant.

Carolyn has appeared in five Leavenworth Summer Theater productions, and has served on the boards of Leavenworth Jr. Miss, Art in the Park, and Ski Hill Heritage Foundation. She has been a volunteer for Accordian Fest, Fasching, and MaiFest. She is a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, and works with Orphan’s Hope ministry.

Her hobbies include writing short stories and she is an acrylic artist. And if life permitted it, she would spend everyday on the golf course.

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Robert Francis

Position 5. Robert Francis was appointed to the Leavenworth City Council on November 25, 2008. On January 10, 2012 he was elected by the Councilmembers as the Mayor Pro-Tempore. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro-Tempore runs the meetings of the Council and has the legislative authority that is authorized for the Mayor’s position.

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Michael Molohon

Position 6. Michael was educated in private schools before attending the University of South Dakota School of Business where he graduated with a BA in Business Administration. He was a commissioned officer in the US Army’s Adjutant General Corp where he served 3 years at various locations in Germany.

Following his military service, Michael taught English at the Berlitz School of Languages in Berlin, Germany and conducted tours of western Europe with a company based in Switzerland. He also served as office manager and sales agent for a large antique dealer in Upper Bavaria and managed a retail store in Munich, Germany.

Upon returning to the US, after 14 years abroad, Michael owned two businesses in Solvang, California where he also served as an honorary Chamber Ambassador until moving to Leavenworth in 1990.

Michael currently owns Ganz Klasse!, a retail store located at 843 Front Street, and has been employed by Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat since 1996 where he is currently the senior group sales manager. In addition to his duties as a second term Council member, Michael is currently serving his second-term as a board member of the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce, serving on Programs such as, Economic Development, AG Tourism, and Arts Committees as well as an active member of the Redevelopment Steering Committee. Michael also officiates at scores of weddings each year in the upper Wenatchee Valley.

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Peter D. DeVries

Position 7. Peter is serving his fourth 2 year term on the Council. He and his wife Joan moved to Leavenworth in 1987. He is a member of the Washington State Building Code Council and serves as the vice-chair.

He is a past member of the Cascade Medical Center Foundation, Cascade Education Foundation, Big Bend Community College Foundation, Wenatchee Valley College Foundation, and the Leavenworth Design Review Board. He also served as president of the Cascade Medical Center Board of Commissioners.

Peter is a former high school and university teacher with degrees in biology and chemistry, and has a Doctorate from the University of San Francisco. He has served as a community college administrator and president for 20 years in California and Washington. His last position was as president of Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake. He has worked and traveled extensively in Europe and Japan. Since retirement from education he has been actively involved as a designer, completing over 150 building projects in Washington State.

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