Encore 2016
In 2016, close to 500 US and global leading edge thinkers and innovators gathered in San Francisco to exchange ideas, grapple with challenges and propel the encore movement forward – through innovation, individual action and intergenerational impact.
Speakers

MARCI ALBOHER
Vice President, Strategic Communications

MITCH BESSER
CEO and Founder,
AgeWell Global LLC

DAVID BORNSTEIN
Co-founder,
Solutions Journalism Network

MONIQUE BRINSON
Principal, Sankofa Academy,
Oakland Unified School District

TIM BROWN
CEO and President, IDEO

LAURA L. CARSTENSEN
Professor of Psychology
Director, Stanford Center
on Longevity

ASHA CHANDRA
Program Manager,
City of Fremont Human Services

FARAI CHIDEYA
Author, Broadcaster,
Journalist

CATHY CHOI
Director of Programs,
The Eisner Foundation

KRISS DEIGLEMEIER
CEO, Tides

YSABEL DURON
Founder and Executive Director,
Latinas Contra Cancer

MICHAEL D. EISNER
Founder and CEO,
The Tornante Company

RYAN FREDERICK
Founder & CEO, Smart Living 360

MARC FREEDMAN
CEO and Founder, Encore.org

MICHAEL FUNK
Director, After School Division,
California Department of Education

DEBBIE GALANT
Publisher, Midcentury Modern Magazine

RABBI LAURA GELLER
Senior Rabbi, Temple Emanuel of
Beverly Hills

JOHN GOMPERTS
President and CEO,
America’s Promise Alliance

ANDY GOODMAN
Director,
The Goodman Center

KERRY HANNON
Best-selling author,
journalist, speaker and columnist

MICHAEL HODIN
Executive Director, Global
Coalition on Aging

JODY HOLTZMAN
SVP, Enterprise Strategy
and Innovation, AARP

PAUL IRVING
Chairman, Milken Center for the Future of Aging

JO ANN JENKINS
Chief Executive Officer, AARP

JAMAL JOSEPH
IMPACT Repertory Theater

JUSTIN KAUFLIN
Jazz Pianist Composer

SHERRY LANSING
Founder and CEO,
The Sherry Lansing Foundation

CAROL LARSON
President and CEO,
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

ERIC LIU
Founder and CEO,
of Citizen University

COURTNEY MARTIN
Co-Founder,
Solutions Journalism Network

REV. BELLE MICKELSON
Dancing with the Spirit

EUNICE LIN NICHOLS
Director, Gen2Gen Campaign,
Encore. org

CHRISTOPHER G. OECHSLI
President and CEO,
The Atlantic Philanthropies

ANJA PAEHLKE
Executive Board,
Körber Foundation, Germany

JANE PAULEY
Veteran journalist
and television anchor

PHIL PIZZO
Founding Director Stanford
Distinguished Careers Institute

AI-JEN POO
Director, National Domestic
Workers Alliance

KATHERINE ROSQUETA
Founding Executive Director,
Center for High Impact Philanthropy

EDGAR SALAZAR
CTO and Co-Founder,
Bridge for Billions

KIMON H. SARGEANT Ph.D.
Vice President of Human Sciences,
John Templeton Foundation

WILLIAM SHUTKIN
CEO, Presidio Graduate School

SREE SREENIVASAN
Chief Digital Officer,
Metropolitan Museum of Art

TRENT STAMP
CEO,
The Eisner Foundation

LESTER STRONG
Board Member, Encore.org

JILL VIALET
Founder, Substantial

DENNIS WHITE
President and CEO
MetLife Foundation

KATE WILLIAMS
Employment Immersion
Program Manager,
Lighthouse for the Blind

JACQUELINE WONG
CEO, Temasek Trust