Would you like to live in a small European city with a surprisingly mild climate and views of a beautiful lake and stunning mountains? Many people who could afford to live anywhere, including Freddie Mercury, adopted Montreux, Switzerland as their home. Lynn Denton went to Montreux for a job, but ended up loving it and staying after retirement. Find out what keeps Lynn in Montreux on Episode 115 of Retire There with Gil & Gene.
From Lynn’s airbnb Montreux Music BNB you can see views of the Lac Leman and the Alps.
Lynn Denton was born and raised in west Texas. She has a bachelors in Music Therapy and Psychology, and a masters in Foreign Language Education. She spent the very early part of her career in creative arts therapy and foreign language education. She then worked in various capacities in communications for the State of Texas. Her first job for the State of Texas was working in the mental health/mental illness agency, then she moved on to public health, where she first ran a statewide campaign to improve the immunization rates of children newborn-2 throughout the state. The highlight of that job was accompanying former First Lady Rosalynn Carter around the state to promote childhood immunizations, as well as setting up an event with Governor Ann Richards at the TX Governor's Mansion. She then became Communications Director for the state health dept and worked on a CDC campaign to increase the awareness of the importance of the public health system in the lives of Americans. From there she went on executive loan to then-First Lady of Texas, Laura Bush, serving as her Early Childhood Policy Advisor, where she set up and accompanied her on events throughout Texas to promote a series of issues to promote early childhood education and health. From there, she served on the state team of the Texas Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Finally, she capped her State of Texas career as head of communications and marketing for a university system with campuses throughout west Texas, from which she retired early from her state career at age 53. Through a remarkable and… Read More