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." [1]
- Betsy Werley, Executive Director
Contents
Directors
Accessed November 2008: [2]
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
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- 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
