Emily Upham, author of the book, In the Fullness of Time, is a pianist, a native of Connecticut and was a student of Donald Currier of the Yale School of Music. She began her performance career at an early age as a winner of the William Inglis Morse prize for Music. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, her subsequent training, in Paris with Reine Gianoli and Nadia Boulanger, and in New York at the Manhattan and Juilliard Schools, has led her to coach and accompany singers of classical music in concert both in the US and abroad, and to found the vocal performance group ArtSong Nouveau.

Emily has been active as a French interpreter for the U.S. State Department. She has also studied at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis and practices as a certified coach to help people define and achieve their goals. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and their many animals, and can be reached at uplandvl@valstar.net. You can also visit Emily at her website.

Linda Gravenson, co-editor of In the Fullness of Time, was raised in New York\’s Greenwich Village. After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she was a researcher, editor and free lance writer for Esquire, Fawcett Publications and other magazines – interviewing Philip Roth, Lotte Lenya, Gunter Grass and Anthony Quinn, among others. She was the American Correspondent for the German monthly Twen, and spent several years in West Berlin. When she returned to New York, she continued free lance editing and writing. Her son, Nick, introduced her to Ojai, California, where she now lives part of the year.The rest is spent in New York\’s Hudson Valley. In both places, she is a free lance editor and conducts writing workshops. She is working on a memoir.

Here are just a few items our guests will cover:

• Women and aging
• Can loss and change can be uplifting
• Challenges for women in older age
• How women handle aging differently than men
• Creating new habits to serve you better

Join our guests as they offer fresh and new perspectives on the subject of aging. Got questions? Email Anne Holmesat anne@nabbw.com prior to July 28, 2010.

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Anne Holmes NABBW’s “Boomer in Chief”

As "Boomer in Chief" of the National Association of Baby Boomer Women, Anne is passionate about educating, empowering and enriching the lives of Baby Boomer Women, as we now begin to age beyond our middle years and enthusiastically launch ourselves into life’s next stage – which most people call old age. We Boomers know aging doesn’t have to diminish us. We still have a lot to offer the world, and we continue to be ready and willing to enthusiastically participate.

Actively involved with a number of Boomer-focused organizations and committees, Anne keeps a steady finger on the pulse of this still-spirited generation, with the goal of helping us all to enjoy life, stay healthy and continue to live lives that are rich in every sense of the word. Beyond that, Anne is dedicated to helping facilitate the positive interaction between Baby Boomers and the hard-working younger generations who are readying themselves to “take the world’s reins” and continue our efforts to move society in a positive direction.