Elizabeth White

Elizabeth White is an age solutions advocate for older adults facing uncertain work and financial insecurity. She is the author of 55, Underemployed and Faking Normal and founder of NUUage coliving, a thought-leadership and advocacy initiative championing shared living for older adults.

When Ms. White could not find a book that met her needs during her own bout of long-term unemployment, she wrote it herself. She wrote it as a 62-year-old Black woman who has lived the stories she describes, and as a Harvard MBA, former retail entrepreneur, and C-suite executive who never expected to land here.

Ms. White is a frequent guest blogger, and speaker at conferences and workshops, and has been named one of the top 50 influencers on aging in the country. Her essays and work have appeared in publications like Barron’s, Forbes, The Huffington Post, MarketWatch, Next Avenue, and The Washington Post . Ms. White has been featured on the TED Radio Hour and in three segments on the PBS NewsHour.

Her candid reflections on the personal finance crises and challenges of aging in America have resonated deeply with audiences culminating in a widely acclaimed TEDx Talk, “An Honest Look at the Personal Finance Crisis,” which has garnered over 2 million views.