Marci Alboher, one of the nation’s leading authorities on career issues and workplace trends, is Vice President of Narrative Change at Encore.org. Marci’s current focus is on the power of connecting, collaborating, and innovating across the generations. A former blogger and columnist for The New York Times, her latest book, The Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life, was hailed as an “invaluable resource” by the Associated Press and is perhaps the book most often recommended by Encore Network members. She is a Senior Advisor to Girls Write Now and serves as a mentor-editor for The OpEd Project. Earlier in her career, she spent a decade practicing law. Marci is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Washington College of Law at American University.