Janet Varn

Senior Program Manager

Janet’s career in program design began at the Smithsonian Institution where she created tours across North America, and traveled with Smithsonian study tours throughout Asia, Russia, and many countries in Europe. It is the western U.S., though, that keeps calling her back. After her first cross-country skiing adventure in Yellowstone 20+ years ago, she finds ways to hike in the Rockies and explore archeological sites in the Southwest desert whenever she can. Janet became a telecommuting staffer too after moving somewhat west — to Oak Park, a turn of the century Chicago suburb filled with old elm trees and Frank Lloyd Wright houses.