Purposeful Retirement

Hyrum W. Smith was one of the original creators of the popular Franklin Day Planner and the former Chairman and CEO of the Franklin Covey Company and the recognized "Father of Time Management." For four decades, Hyrum empowering people to effectively govern their personal and professional lives. This distinguished author, speaker, and businessman combined wit and enthusiasm with a gift for communicating compelling principles that incited lasting personal change. He was the author of nationally acclaimed books and presentations, including The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, What Matters Most, The Modern Gladiator, You Are What You Believe, and The Three Gaps.


A certified retirement coach and workshop leader Sara Zeff Geber is a recognized expert in the field of planning for the next phase of life, with a focus on the 55+ age group. Sara has been among the first professionals in the field to recognize that the baby boom generation would re-invent the whole notion of retirement in a very exciting way. Sara's professional roots are in organizational psychology. She has worked extensively in the area of leadership development, helping professionals understand the importance of their personality and behavioral style to the kind of work they choose to do and becoming more effective within their chosen field. In her current work Dr. Zeff Geber has shifted that knowledge and expertise to helping people understand how their background, style, and personality can lead to a more satisfying post-career lifestyle or 55+ job shift. Sara has a Ph.D. in Counseling and Organizational Behavior, a M.A. in Guidance and Counseling, and a B.A in Psychology. She has worked successfully, both nationally and internationally, with multi-billion dollar corporations, small to medium-size organizations, and independent individuals.. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sara is an active member in the Financial Planning Association of Silicon Valley, the Life Planning Network, and Women in Consulting. She is on the leadership team for the NorCal Life Planning Network. In her scarce spare time Sara sings soprano in Schola Cantorum, a premier Silicon Valley choir, skis in the winter and grows vegetables in her garden in the summer. She lives with her husband and their elderly canine companion in San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Larry Jacobson is an award-winning author, success coach, and adventurer who shares ways to overcome limitations for life's greatest adventures. Having graduated from UC Irvine and Berkley in the 1970s, he became vice president of marketing and sales for an incentive travel company that helped people explore the world. In 2001, he decided to leave his job to pursue his lifelong dream of sailing and spent the next year around the globe on the Julia. Larry went on to write about his childhood love for boats and his adventures later in life in The Boy Behind the Gate, which was published in 2011. Since then, he has become a leadership and motivational speaker on achieving your life goals and living your best retirement life. When not delivering TEDTalks or working as VP of sales and marketing, he spends his free time at home in Emeryville, CA.