Lucille Rivera

When community calls, Lucille answers. After retiring as the administrator of one of Denver’s safety net clinics, Lucille began her encore heading up human resources for six years for Tepeyac Community Health Center as it scaled up operations. When Lucille decided to...

Yolanda Ortega

Yolanda’s “retirement” might seem exhausting to some. The former Vice-President of Student Affairs for Metropolitan State University of Denver, Yolanda’s encore includes acting with the renown Latino theatre company, Su Teatro; cohosting Canción Mexicana, a Sunday...

Jesse Ogas

Sometimes an encore isn’t a pivot; it’s a culmination of a lifetime of experiences. Jesse Ogas epitomizes this encore stage. As the Executive Director of Social Responsibility and Community Affairs for Colorado’s 9News, Jesse brings insights and connections from over...

Rich Eisenberg

Many of us know Rich from his stellar work as Managing Editor of NextAvenue, where he wrote and curated stories about money and work so helpful to those in the encore stage of life, stories that advanced a different narrative about older adults, meaning and purpose....

Jess Maurer

Often missing in encore narrative are the economic needs of older women. Jess Maurer makes sure it isn’t forgotten. As Executive Director of the Maine Council on Aging, she was instrumental in the development of the report on the Economic Security of Older Women in...