Read Published Article When Donald Covington was a kid, he and his younger brother, Duncan, spent their summer days putting on backyard circuses at their Baltimore home. The devilish duo…

Stitching together a new life Susan Wolcott is a child of the ’60s. As soon as she graduated from high school in 1969, she left her hometown of Olympia, Wash.,…

A California Highway Patrol assistant chief finds a second career managing singers and songwriters   To be the toughest female cop alive, you run 3 miles uphill, climb 300 stairs,…

Other than the familiar long hours, farm life is a learning experience for a city guy Read Published Article Sam Fox is not a gentleman farmer. But by all rights,…

The Transition Network helps launch post-career plans Read Published Article Charlotte Frank remembers heading downtown that brilliant September morning seven years ago toward her 63rd-floor office in Lower Manhattan, where…

He heard it through the grapevine: A TV producer follows his nose to a new career   Read Published Article Becoming a winemaker—never mind a winemaker in Walla Walla, Wash.—had…

A veteran of corporate America finds her skills are right for a new task When Anne Nolan first walked down the darkened steps into a homeless shelter, she started to…

Read Published Article Is it finally time for a change? You’ve spent more than 20 years in one field—say, banking, law, or sales. You’ve dutifully built up equity in your…

Read Published Article Who doesn’t fantasize about a second career? Especially if you’ve worked in the same field for 20 or 25 years, been there and done that, accomplished most…

A former Microsoft exec’s start-up finances cancer research Read Published Article Running (and finishing) a 5K race wasn’t always on Trish May’s to-do list. Neither was founding and running a…