Margy Altmix is the president and co-creator of My Plan After 50.  She has worked at Employee & Family Resources, Inc., (EFR) since 1987, including eight years as chief operations officer.  Altmix earned her Masters of Social Work from the University of West Virginia, specializing in aging.  Before joining EFR, she worked as a therapist in a community mental health center in Erie, Penn., and at a substance abuse treatment center in Cleveland, Ohio. In recent years, she trained as an executive and retirement coach. Assisting her coaching clients in designing the next chapter of their lives led her to the development of My Plan After 50.

Altmix believes that the transitions individuals will make during their 50s and 60s are part of an exciting and challenging journey that requires thoughtful planning.

Paul Hedquist has been CEO of Employee & Family Resources, Inc., (EFR) since 1995, and is the co-creator of My Plan After 50. As a leading-edge Boomer himself, Hedquist recognizes the longer life expectancies of his generation hold forth great opportunities and significant challenges, calling for thoughtful anticipation and planning.

Hedquist is the author of a number of the articles available on the My Plan After 50 website, and he is an accomplished public speaker and small group facilitator.

As CEO, he has created an atmosphere of vision and innovation within EFR. In addition to assisting those preparing for a vibrant life after 50, he helped design programs for multiple-risk minority youth and their families, those on substance abuse treatment wait lists, and a restorative justice program for youth apprehended for underage possession of alcohol and marijuana. Hedquist also oversaw the successful implementation of a statewide public-funded managed substance abuse treatment system.

EFR has been an employee assistance program (EAP) leader for more than 30 years, and this experience permeates the foundation, principles and practices of My Plan After 50.

Hedquist’s belief in the importance of visioning and planning for one’s future is most evident in My Plan After 50.

Kris Jensen is the vice president of corporate services for My Plan After 50. She joined My Plan after 8 years as the senior vice president of human resources for The Weitz Company, a $1.5 billion national commercial contractor. There she guided the board of directors through CEO succession of the employee-owned company, smoothly transitioning to the first non-construction CEO in the company’s 152-year history.

Prior to her work with Weitz, Jensen spent 18 years with The Principal Financial Group, an international financial services firm with more than $45 billion in assets. There she honed her craft as an HR professional by assuming the leadership of their employment, administrative, succession planning, training and development, Affirmative Action and diversity functions. She was the first female officer in the Human Resources department and the first de-centralized HR professional, transferring to the Investment department in 1994.

Jensen has not only spent her extensive human resources career guiding people through their work lives but she also epitomizes those who continually reinvent themselves in their own careers. She has been an underwriter, a recruiter, a coach, a strategist and an entrepreneur.  She has worked in such diverse industries as entertainment, financial services, construction, and criminal justice.

Jensen’s work with executives, managers and employees for more than 30 years has heightened her commitment to creating and sustaining productive workplaces. My Plan After 50 is the perfect way for her to continue that work.