Big changes are coming for the Encore Network! Next month, the Network will begin a new chapter in its history, moving from a long affiliation with Encore.org to become an independent, primarily volunteer-led organization, with Colorado Nonprofit Development Corporation as our fiscal sponsor. We...

In this pivotal year for the Encore Network, the Leadership Council has selected Alicia Ritter as our new executive director, starting September 14. She will work closely with Network lead Betsy Werley and other leaders to ensure a smooth transition.  Ritter, a resident of Corvallis, Oregon, was...

Network Leadership Council Chair Janine Vanderburg is leading our strategy work. She reports on your responses to our summer survey.  Two decades ago, Marc Freedman founded Encore.org around the big idea that the “aging of America isn’t so much a problem to be solved as it is an opportunity to be...

In this year when Zoom has become our second home, Network members are taking their programs global.  Since 1982, Oasis, headquartered in St. Louis, has offered in-person lifelong learning at local centers. Covid-19 forced those centers to close temporarily and turbo-charged President Paul Weiss’s...

The Encore Network is succeeding because of our powerful mission and highly engaged members. To make the most of our new role leading the encore movement, we need a committed leadership team and active committees, working with our part-time executive director. This month, in an important next...