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Kerry Hannon

2015 Speaker

KERRY HANNON is an award-winning, bestselling author and Washington, DC-based career, retirement and personal finance expert and a popular motivational speaker. She authored “Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness,” “What’s Next?: Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job in Your Forties, Fifties and Beyond” and the best-selling “Great Jobs for Everyone 50.” She is currently writing Working After 50 For Dummies (Wiley) with AARP to be published in the fall of 2015. Hannon is a columnist for The New York Times, “PBS Next Avenue” and AARP. She is a contributing writer at Forbes and Money, and is a Metlife Foundation and New America Media Fellow on Aging. Hannon has spent more than 25 years covering all aspects of personal finance for leading media companies, including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. She is AARP’s career expert. @kerryhannon