Meet the Guests!

Susan Douglas grew up in New Jersey, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Elmira college and then earned her MA and Ph.D. in American Civilization at Brown University. After a brief stint as an historian at the Smithsonian, she began teaching media studies at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. In 1996 s…

I’m Australian by birth and have lived in NYC since 2004. I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Professional Portrait Photographer. Turning 60 in 2017, I noticed a great sense of invisibility amongst older women —both in society and within myself. This experience inspired my ongoing work, @…

Born in the Midwest in the 50's. I escaped to discover the world at age 17. Traveling to Texas for college was the spring board for my life. I tried out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in 1977 and had no idea what was to come. I'm a confirmed, confessed and proud Gypsy. I haven't let fe…

Victoria Tomlinson FRSA is 68, founded her second business Next-Up five years ago and has developed an online platform to help employees coming up to unretirement, as well as running workshops for pre-retirement partners in professional firms. Victoria’s TEDx talk on a Generation of Wasted Talent h…

Wendi Knox is an author, artist and uplifter. In her past life, she was the only female Senior Vice-President/ Creative Director at one of the largest advertising agencies in Los Angeles, creating and supervising multimedia ad campaigns for brands like Honda and Acura. At 50, she lost her “Do…

Wendy Leggett is a Professional Certified Coach and owner of Conflux Retirement Coaching, specializing in non-financial retirement life planning. With 25 years of corporate sales leadership experience, she guides clients through a fulfilling retirement transition, focusing on well-being, identity, …