AgelessInAmerica was developed by Carleen MacKay and Brad Taft, nationally recognized career management consultants and co-author of books, articles, newsletters and multi-media training materials. Widely known across the nation, on stage, in print and by America's smallest to largest firms and the maturing population themselves, Brad and Carleen inspire individuals and organizational leaders to understand and utilize the competitive advantages an experienced workforce offers the American workplace.

Phil Newbold, AgelessInAmerica's newest contributor, brings a strong background of managerial and consulting experience to the website. He joins Brad and Carleen as co-author of the upcoming book Return of the Boomers that is expected to be released in Fall 2008.

Career Management Specialist and Talent Management Consultant Emphasizing the Changing Workplace and Workforce

Brad Taft's passion for changing workforce issues has lead him to be a nationally recognized advocate for the value that all individuals, regardless of age, bring to the workplace and the need for change in the workplace for the benefit of organizations and their employees. He has over 25 years experience in the employment and career consulting fields.

Brad's early career was in executive recruiting with firms including Korn/Ferry International. He then moved to the outplacement industry, where in addition to founding two of his own companies he held senior level consulting, management and marketing positions with three national firms: Lee Hecht Harrison, Right Management and Spherion.

Brad received a B.A. in communications and a M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. He holds the highest designations in the human resources and career management fields, Senior Human Resources Professional (SPHR) and Career Management Fellow (CMF). An accomplished public speaker and writer on career and organizational issues, he is the co-author of Boom or Bust!, has written numerous articles and has been quoted in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, Money, Los Angeles Times, Arizona Republic and the Employment Law Letter. He is a member of the Leaders Circle of the American Society on Aging's Business Forum on Aging, a group of business and thought leaders who discuss how an aging population impacts business trends.

Contact Brad at bradtaft@AgelessInAmerica.com.

Recruitment, Re-Development and Retention Strategist on behalf of the American Workplace and Maturing Workforce

Established nationwide as one of a very few experts in recruiting, developing and retaining the mature workforce, Carleen's career includes national certification by Right Management and expertise in developing and delivering live and virtual career management services on behalf of Spherion, one of the nation's leading staffing and recruiting firms.

On the national stage, Carleen was responsible for applying for and receiving membership for Spherion in the prestigious AARP National Employer's Team. Today, Carleen is one of only two Workforce Policy Advisors to AARP's Executive Team in California, a team that serves over 3.2 million members for clients.

She co-authored the first-ever career management guide for Boomers and Traditionalists (Boom or Bust), co-wrote the widely-distributed Myth Card Flash Cards that help career, life and diversity coaches as well as recruiting and training staffs and applicants to overcome widely held myths about older workers with hard facts. She is in the final stages of developing our latest co-authored book, The Return of the Boomers, scheduled to be published in mid-2008 for clients.

Carleen is our principle creative product and service developer as evidenced by the list of new products and services we offer across recruiting, development and retention platforms. her experience, capabilities and education also include work and life experience abroad in Puerto Rico and Malaysia, a B.A. in English, conversational Spanish, the founding of an early, successful outsourcing company and creative development of training materials for clients.

Ask her what she likes doing best and Carleen will respond by stating that it is her work-life's mission to increase awareness across the nation of the urgent need to continue to employ or engage mature workers as a competitive advantage for American business. Toward this end, she is highly skilled at designing and delivering original keynote presentations on this subject for employers in the for-profit, non-profit and educational sectors. This dedication, her research, her insight and her straight-forward - often provocative - style have earned her the title of "The Voice of the Mature Workforce."

Contact Carleen at carleenmackay@AgelessInAmerica.com.

Philip N. Newbold

Economics and Societal Change

He has over 20 years of executive management experience (Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Global Practice Manager, Divisional Controller, and Chief information Officer) in healthcare, biotech, high tech and financial services. In different assignments, he led a $250 million professional services practice for a $7 billion science and technology firm. He was CEO of a joint venture with Deutsche Telecom in Germany and COO of a multi-million dollar computer software firm. He served as COO of a high-growth publicly traded software services firm and as CIO for one of America's largest healthcare firms in Northern California. He also held senior positions in finance and information technology with three global banks. In his career, sample successes included: exceeding revenue targets of $252 million by $26 million; surpassing new contracts goals by $288 million; increasing customer satisfaction levels 20%; and producing $400 million of operational savings and new product revenue through the development and implementation of mission critical automation.

Phil has a BS degree in Economics/Marketing and an MBA degree in Finance from De Paul University. He holds executive residency certificates from the University of North Carolina and Stanford University. He is also a Certified Project Manager. He has held seats on publicly and privately held boards of directors. He is a published author and periodic speaker at local and national forums on the following topics: 1) Economics and societal change; 2) Economics and the mature workforce; and 3) Risk Management.

He is co-author of the upcoming book Return of the Boomers that is expected to be released in Fall 2008.