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Board of Directors 2006-2007 Doug Dickson is Vice President and senior consultant at New Directions, a career management firm for corporate executives and professionals. In addition to his work with clients, he specializes in entrepreneurship programs and Life Portfolio, a program for individuals who are looking for alternatives to conventional retirement. Previously, he was an entrepreneur and spent 25 years in the corporate world. At Blue Cross/Blue Shield, he led corporate communications, consumer affairs, total quality management and strategic planning. He founded Oxford Communications to provide marketing and communications services to small businesses. Doug is a director of the Life Planning Network, a group of professionals who specialize in mid- and post-career life planning. He is past president of the Newton Conservators, a land bank and open space advocacy organization, and currently serves as a member of Newton’s Conservation Commission and Community Preservation Committee. Doug has a B.A. in anthropology. Carol Greenfield is the founder and president of Discovering What’s Next: ReVitalizing Retirement™ (DWN). From her initial vision of a one-stop community resource for baby boomers transitioning to retirement, Carol has, in three years, brought together both community organizations and individuals to build a dynamic organization that has not only captured the imagination of community members in the greater Boston area but also nationally. Carol seeks to be in the forefront of aging trends. As an early advocate for older adults embracing technology, she founded in 2000, Senior Web Solutions, a training and support business. As a consultant to the Executive Office of Elder Affairs in the 1980’s, she developed and implemented a unique peer health benefits counseling program called SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders). This award winning program became a model for programs that now exist in every state. In her former role as Executive Director of the New England Employee Benefits Council and as an independent consultant, Carol’s work with employers has focused on emerging issues of older workers, workplace flexibility, and retiree benefits. Carol has a master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, serves on numerous non-profit boards, and considers herself bilingual in aging and technology.
Cissie Klavens provides executive coaching and career management consulting services for successful professionals. Over 25 years as a visionary entrepreneur, executive search professional and career advisor, she has worked with professionals, executives and business owners to help them think creatively, explore and embrace new possibilities, make connections, and achieve their goals. Cissie works with individuals, small groups and organizations. Formerly, Cissie was President of The Pickwick Group Inc. (TPG), a “boutique” agency specializing in placing highly qualified professionals in interim and part-time positions. TPG received national media recognition in such publications as INC, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe. She has been a member of The Boston Club since 1990, serves on the Strategic Planning and Program Committees, and co-chairs the Enterprise Group. Cissie is on the founding board of Discovering What’s Next™ (DWN). Fred Mandell is a former educator with a Ph.D in history from the University of Chicago. For 20 years, he was an executive with American Express, where a number of investment management, sales, marketing and strategic businesses reported to him. Fred left the corporate world in 2001 to devote himself to painting, drawing, and sculpture -- and to launch HotHouse Innovation, a company devoted to boosting organizational and business innovation. He has three grown children and lives with his wife Karen in Needham, MA.
Doug McCraith teaches high school math in one of Boston’s western suburbs. After education at MIT and Stanford and a career in software that corresponded roughly with the rise and fall of minicomputers, Doug discovered what was next for him at Harvard’s Extension School. The excitement of the classroom led him to pursue the necessary training and credentials to teach in the public schools. Doug was an early employee of MEDITECH, arguably the world’s oldest pure software company. He oversaw the design of three generations of hospital information systems and created the product development group before retiring as Vice President in 1995. These products and their descendents are in use in over 2000 hospitals worldwide. Doug has been active in community activities since the early 80’s, including seemingly-tenured positions as treasurer. He has helped raise two children and experienced their moving out and into their adult lives with partners, careers, babies, and mortgages. He has watched his own parents enjoy their retirement before passing away. He was a participant in one of DWN’s first presentations, speaking as someone who had successfully made a career change that fits well with the present. with a realistic eye to the future. Now he is pleased to return to the familiar position of treasurer and contribute to DWN however he may.
Corinne Schillin has spent the last 20 years working in the high tech industry as a software technical writer and department manager. Before that she was a music teacher and worked in the Annual Giving department at Boston University. Corinne has been involved with DWN for the past 2 years, benefiting from Transition Talks™, attending Forums and films, participating in planning/feedback sessions, compiling the Real Estate resource binder for the Hub, contributing to the web site efforts, and establishing an idea system for collecting and processing the creative contributions of our community. DWN has inspired Corinne to begin launching a pre-retirement venture, Memorations, for creating slideshows that revitalize life stories. She is delighted to be on the DWN board, looking forward to being of service to the community and particularly to furthering DWN’s fund-raising programs. Corinne lives in Newton with her husband Scott, a realtor with Coldwell Banker who made a career transition after 35 years in arts management. Their daughter Tamara lives in New York.
Shirley Selhub is Vice President for Programming with Discovering What’s Next: ReVitalizing Retirement™ (DWN). Shirley has been a volunteer with DWN since January 2002. She completed both the Manning Certificate in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Citizens Legislative Seminar at the Massachusetts State House in December 2003. These studies solidified her interest in paving new paths for individuals age 50+ who are transitioning into retirement. Previously, she enjoyed a career with broad administrative, marketing and consulting roles, often promoting non-traditional services such as Shorebank in Chicago, which demonstrated that traditional banking practices can be modified to stimulate renewal in inner-city neighborhoods; The Community Builders in Boston, which developed affordable housing; the Picker Institute, which focused on patient-centered care; and the Mind/Body Medical Institute, which brought self-care interventions into traditional medical settings.
Devra Kiel Simon has spent over 25 years working with high tech start-ups, where she was responsible for creating, developing and maintaining the operational departments of the company, including procurement, forecast and scheduling, inventory management, order administration, shipping & receiving, and facilities. In September, 2005, she became a Transition Navigator™ for Discovering What’s Next™ and expanded her role to include Operations Director for the DWN Hub. In July 2006, she will assume the position of Director of Development for the Newton Free Library, Newton, MA. Devra graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore with a B.A. in French. She and her husband Lee live in West Newton with their daughters Alexa and Lauren.
James M. Thompson is a certified financial planner and gerontologist with LPL Financial Services in Boston. Prior to launching his practice in 2002, he served as Director of Shareholder Education for Scudder's AARP Investment Program. Prior to Scudder, Jim was director of consumer affairs and other programs at the AARP in Washington, D.C. He is a member of both the national and state Financial Planning Associations. He has a B.A. from Duke University, a Master's in Gerontology from the University of Southern California, and is a graduate of the Program for Financial Planners at Boston University.
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