The Transition Network

The Transition Network (TTN) "was founded in 2000 by two women – Christine Millen, President, and Charlotte Frank, Vice President – who had held high-level positions in business and government. Even before retiring, the two had long been dismayed by the stereotypes of retirement. For Christine, the initial question was "What will I do all day?" followed by "What will we all do with the rest of our lives?"

"Those questions touched a nerve. A whole generation of women – healthier, better educated and more ambitious than any that had come before – was advancing toward retirement age. Like Christine, these women had always led active, productive and satisfying lives. Charlotte was one of the leaders of that generation. For her, the post-50 years represented a new opportunity for women to put their energy and skills to good use. In so doing, they would remain productive, benefit society and prove that age can be a period of regeneration rather than decline.

"The two women joined forces. Together, they set out to create a movement that would re-imagine retirement."


 * Betsy Werley, Executive Director

Directors
Accessed November 2008:

Executive Board
 * Christine M. Millen (President And Co-Founder)
 * Charlotte Frank (Vice President And Co-Founder)
 * Barbara E. Marwell, Ph.D. (Secretary)
 * Janice M. Johnson (Treasurer)

Board Members
 * Audrey Bernfield
 * Joan O. Dawson
 * Christina Del Balso
 * Barbara Hoenig
 * Mona B. Kreaden
 * Jane Lattes
 * Susan Abel Lieberman
 * Susan P. Martin
 * Kathryn Morrison
 * Linda Frank Sicher

Advisory Board
Accessed November 2008:


 * Maggie Buchwald - Development Consultant
 * Karen Davis - President, The Commonwealth Fund
 * Judy Goggin - Senior Vice President, Civic Venture
 * Eileen Hoffman - Specialist in women's health, pioneer in gender-based medicine
 * Joan Leiman - Chief of Staff to the President and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital
 * Suzanne Braun Levine - Writer and lecturer, author of "Inventing the Rest of our Lives, Women in Second Adulthood"
 * Gail Magaliff - CEO, F-E-G-S Health and Human Services System
 * Debra Oppenheim - Partner and Co-Founder, Phillips Oppenheim
 * Isabelle Katz Pinzler - Acting Attorney General/Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Clinton Administration
 * Carol Raphael - President & CEO, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
 * Michelle Scott - General Counsel, Audubon Society
 * Jeri Sedlar - Senior advisor on mature workforce issues, The Conference Board, and co-author, "Don't Retire, Rewire"
 * Abigail Trafford - Author, "My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades After 50" and columnist, The Washington Post
 * Sheila Wellington - Clinical Professor of Management, Stern/NYU School of Business
 * Ruth Wooden - President, Public Agenda

Contact

 * Web: http://www.thetransitionnetwork.org