by Sarah McKinney Gibson | Sep 25, 2020
Rabia Farhang wasn’t looking to retire at 56. But after decades of working in the corporate fashion industry, she knew it was time for something different. “I wanted to take my business skills and apply them to work I was more passionate about,” she says. She’d...
by Sarah McKinney Gibson | Sep 11, 2020
Lois Pruitt is the director of education at Red Door Urban Missions, a Christian organization that provides social and educational services to children living in low-income communities in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to the pandemic, Pruitt had been helping a group of...
by Sarah McKinney Gibson | Aug 4, 2020
Edgar Maxion spent more than 20 years working in facilities and construction management for renowned Bay Area institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Monterey History & Art Association. But after 12 years as Stanford’s chief...
by Sarah McKinney Gibson | Jul 15, 2020
“I knew when I stopped working full time that I wanted to use my skills to benefit an organization doing good work,” says Carrie Knapp, 60, an HR professional who has since completed two Encore Fellowships. Knapp worked for 30+ years, mostly at Wells Fargo, building...
by Sarah McKinney Gibson | Jul 6, 2020
Decades ago, Marlene Somerville moved from Manchester, England to Silicon Valley to pursue dreams of success in the tech industry. And she found it, working 23 years in various IT roles at Intel. But when Intel offered Marlene an early retirement package, she was...