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Lunch With The Experts
Attendees will be able to sign-up for the lunch table of their choosing at the registration desk, starting at 7:00 a.m. on the day of the conference. Space at each table is available is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Lori Bitter is President of Continuum Crew, an integrated communications firm focused on engaging mature consumers. Lori has more than 25 years of advertising, public relations and strategic planning experience and is the author of numerous white papers on topics relevant to the senior and Boomer population.
With partners Nancy McNally and David Page, Brent Bouchez founded Agency Five0, dedicated to messaging and content for consumers age 45-65. Bouchez has been Creative Director at Chiat/Day, Ketchum and Ammirati & Puris, as well as Chief Creative Officer at Bozell, NY. His clients have included BMW, Nike, Bank of America, MasterCard, Burger King and many others.
Andy Cohen is the founder and CEO of Caring.com, a website to help adult children care for their aging parents. Andy has over 20 years of marketing experience at companies including SC Johnson Wax, Peapod and Intuit. Andy is a graduate of Stanford University and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
Martin Diano is a thought leader in helping Baby Boomers use social media to find, access, and consume high-value content. He is CEO of Boomer Authority™ Association and Publisher of the Baby Boomer [Knowledge Center]™. A veteran of international business, Martin held senior staff positions Thunderbird — The American Graduate of International Management and the National Institute for World Trade.
Mary Furlong, CEO of Mary Furlong & Associates, is a serial entrepreneur who founded SeniorNet in 1985 and ThirdAge Media in 1996. She is the author of “Turning Silver into Gold: How to Profit in the Boomer Marketplace”.
Jane Glenn Haas specializes in issues impacting people 50-plus. She’s a newspaper columnist, television host, book author and public speaker, as well as the founder of WomanSage, a non-profit for women at midlife.
Jody Holtzman, Senior Vice President, Research and Strategic Analysis at AARP, has more than two decades of experience helping companies develop and implement competitive strategies and achieve their strategic market goals.
Andrew Kluger is an entrepreneur, a business executive, a venture capitalist, and a philanthropist. He founded and is CEO of Early Bird Alert, Inc., a start-up home healthcare patient-centric communications device for the military, seniors, students, and other groups.
Mark Miller is a journalist and consultant with expertise in the areas of aging and retirement. He writes the weekly syndicated newspaper column “Retire Smart,” and is a contributor to The Huffington Post. Mark is the author of the forthcoming “Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security,” which will be published in the spring of 2010.
Harry R. Moody, Ph.D., is Director of Academic Affairs for AARP in Washington , DC . He also serves as Senior Associate with the International Longevity Center-USA and Senior Fellow of Civic Ventures. He is listed with the NextAge Speakers Bureau and speaks extensively around the United States .
Gary Moulton is an aging coordinator/product manager in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group. He works within industry and actively partners with external parties on the use of Microsoft technology by individuals 50+.
Bud Myers is the Senior Director of Merchandising at firstSTREET, a national catalog, magazine, and online marketing company specializing in products for “Baby Boomers and Beyond”.
Laurie M. Orlov, a tech industry veteran, writer, speaker and elder care advocate, is the founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch, a market research firm that provides thought leadership, analysis and guidance about technologies and related services that enable boomers and seniors to remain longer in their home of choice.
Chris Otto is cofounder and CEO of Halo Monitoring, makers of myHalo, the world’s most reliable automatic fall detection system. Chris has filed 11 patents including human fall detection, and holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Nancy Shonka Padberg is a former Fortune 500 executive with 18 years success in building and managing media and marketing companies through strategy, relationships and acquisitions in Los Angeles . Nancy earned her MBA from Pepperdine University , is a former Big 12 collegiate golfer and is the founder of Best Boomer Towns and Navigate Boomer Media.
Randy Paynter is the Founder & CEO of Care2. With more than 12 million members, Care2.com is the largest online community of people making a difference in healthy & green living, human rights and animal welfare. Randy holds an AB from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford.
Scott L. Parkin is principal of AgeComm (www.AgeComm.com),a communications and public relations practice based in Reston, Virginia. Scott has more than 27 years in business communications, focusing mainly on issues that affect older Americans. For the past seven years, he served as vice president of communications for the National Council on Aging (www.ncoa.org).
Stephen Reily is founder and CEO of VibrantNation.com, the leading online community exclusively devoted to smart, successful women over 50. An entrepreneur, marketing expert and active blogger, Stephen is also the co-founder of IMC Licensing, a licensing agency specializing in consumer product brands.
Ellen Rogin, CPA, CFP®, is President of Strategic Financial Designs, an independent life and wealth management firm in Northfield , IL . Co-author of the book Great with Money: The Women’s Guide to Prosperity, Ellen presents Great with Money programs nationwide to associations and organizations. For more about Ellen Rogin, visit www.ellenrogin.com.
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Jerry Shereshewsky is CEO of Grandparents.com, a website that caters to the needs of the 70 million grandparents across this country. He was recruited for CEO soon after the company was created in 2007 to provide experienced leadership, counsel and a voice for young, vibrant, and active baby boomer grandparents.
At age 28, Myine Founder and Principal Jake Sigal has already established himself as an innovator and a visionary in the world of consumer electronics by launching more than 16 successful products into the market. Myine Electronics, LLC, was founded in 2008 and manufactures high-quality electronic audio products that make music accessible to consumers with limited time or technological sophistication.
Abigail Trafford, an award-winning journalist and bestselling author, is a former health editor at the Washington Post. She was a visiting scholar at the Center on Longevity at Stanford University , where she conducted much of the research for this book. The author of My Time and Crazy Time, Trafford lives in Washington , D.C.
Maureen Watts is the Director of Publisher Relations for ReadHowYouWant. A 20-year veteran of book publishing, Maureen has worked as a publicist, copywriter, marketing director, and literary agent. Maureen is co-author of Poetry for Dummies, and lives in Portland, Oregon.
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