Reimagine your next chapter and design a life that excites and fulfills you

Joanne Lipman is the bestselling author, has served as Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, USA Today Network, Conde Nast Portfolio, and The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Journal, leading those organizations to six Pulitzer Prizes. A frequent speaker and television commentator, she is an on-air contributor at CNBC and journalism lecturer at Yale University.

Jeremy Bloom is a three-time World Champion, two-time Olympian, eleven-time World Cup gold medalist  and Founder of Wish of a Lifetime, a non-profit charitable organization that provides senior citizens with the gift of fulfilling their lifelong wishes.  He is the youngest member to be inducted into the United States Skiing Hall of Fame.

Alden is a former Navy SEAL platoon commander, and was the CEO of Perfect Fitness, one of the fastest growing companies in America. He is also a longtime entrepreneur, with over 40 patents, and has over 25 years of experience working on high-performance leadership, sales, and team-building.

Barbara Waxman envisions midlife as a vibrant, extraordinary time to unearth accumulated wisdom and live with purpose and joy. As a masterful coach, life stage expert and gerontologist, Barbara empowers adults in midlife and better to thrive personally and professionally. She is an Advisory Council Member for the Stanford Center on Longevity and Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, an angel investor in the longevity space, and a three-time author.

Seth Streeter is the founder and Chief Impact Officer of Mission Wealth, a nationally recognized wealth management company with an award-winning culture. Seth is a thought-leader in life-centered financial planning and shares how to reframe our perspective of wealth beyond the financial to enjoy a more balanced, impactful, and fulfilling life. He is a TEDx speaker and an in-demand facilitator. Seth is an active member of YPO and served as the Global Chair for the Financial Services Network, founded the Inspired Living Subnetwork, and served on the boards of the Leadership Development and Health and Wellness Networks.

Buck Institute is the largest independent scientific institute in the Bay Area. The Buck aims to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations by bringing together the most capable and passionate scientists from a broad range of disciplines to identify and impede the ways in which we age. Its goal is to increase human healthspan, or the healthy years of life. Globally recognized as the pioneer and leader in efforts to target aging, the number one risk factor for serious diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, macular degeneration, heart disease, and diabetes, the Buck wants to help people live better longer.

A former DCI Fellow (Class of 2018-19), Katie Connor is the Executive Director of the Distinguished Careers Institute at Stanford University. She is a passionate educator, innovator and connector who believes in the importance of lifelong learning. Thrilled to be part of the DCI, an innovative program that engages Fellows in courses across the university with graduate and undergraduate students, her focus is on creating new opportunities for successful professionals to learn, contribute and lead as they pursue what’s next.

Tom Schreier has been told by lifelong friends and colleagues that it only took him thirty years to find the most authentic manifestation of his true passion: transforming lives by creating a space for people to discover, discern and design a life motivated by purpose. He believes that this can best be done through engaging receptive people of all ages with great colleges and universities in immersive programs that create that space through community, academic engagement and, for those interested, an invitation to spiritual enrichment.

Surya Kolluri is head of the TIAA Institute, overseeing research on enhancing lifelong financial security and organizational effectiveness in higher education and the broader nonprofit sector. Former Director of Retirement Research at Bank of America. An in-demand public speaker, Surya has presented at the World Economic Forum, Tokyo G20 Summit on Aging and Financial Inclusion, White House Conference on Aging, National Governors Association, Dementia Forum X in Stockholm, World Health Organization Convening on Healthy Aging in Geneva, and the OECD roundtable at Oxford University. He also served on the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Healthy Aging and Longevity and has spoken on these topics at Harvard, Stanford, Brown, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania.

A. J. Wasserstein is a professor in the Practice of Management at Yale University. His research, writing, and teaching concentrate on search funds, entrepreneurship, programmatic acquisitions, and small businesses. Professor Wasserstein was the president of Onesource Water, the third-largest bottleless water service business in the U.S.

Teddi Dean is the Head of Mindfulness and Movement here at MEA. He offers a fun, accessible and wisdom filled approach to both mediation and yoga. He loves working with beginners and has a gift in showing that each and every one of us is capable of dropping into stillness.

Teddi grew up in Southern California where he was immersed in surf and skateboard culture. He was part of skateboard royalty as a team member of the infamous Powell and Peralta Bones Brigade.

Lee likes to say that he’s as ordinary as dirt but as complex as soil. A Holistic Management certified outdoor educator, Lee is resident “cowboy sage” at our campus in Santa Fe, where his love for the simple yet complex hum of nature has led him to work in land management. As steward of our four-square mile regenerative ranch, Lee translates nature’s teachings into simple insights that encourage us to tune into the inner and outer landscape of the world around us.