Too Young to Be Old

Nancy K. Schlossberg, EdD, is an expert in the areas of adult transitions, retirement, career development, adults as learners, and intergenerational relationships. Past president of the National Career Development Association and copresident of the consulting group TransitionWorks, she is a professor emerita, Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, College of Education, at the University of Maryland. She previously served on the faculties of Wayne State University, Howard University, and Pratt Institute. She was the first woman executive at the American Council of Education (ACE), where she established the Office of Women in Higher Education (1973). She later served as a senior fellow at ACE's Center on Adult Learning.

Kim Niemi has appeared on numerous stages in the Boston area as an actor and singer/songwriter, including Theater Lobby in the North End, Chevalier Theatre, Club Cafe, Club Passim, The Lizard Lounge, and The Burren. She sang lead vocals for popular New England country bands DiggerDawg and STAMPEDE (as Kim Davidson), opening for national acts like Charlie Daniels and Rodney Atkins. Kim is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. Her voice has been described as soothing, soulful, and powerful.