Work, Forever: Why Interning at 60 Is the New Retirement Plan
A growing market for fellowships that targets older workers connects private-sector expertise with nonprofits in need of help.
Nancy Diao works part time, for a small stipend, at a Bay Area education nonprofit. But at 60, Diao isn't your average intern. She's a former executive who will spend her fellowship year at Breakthrough Collaborative serving as acting chief operating and chief financial officer.
Diao didn't feel ready to retire when she left Wells Fargo last year. "I had a hard time saying 'I'm retired,' because I'm not, mentally," she says. She didn't want to return to banking, though; she wanted to find meaningful work that would still allow her to spend time with her two young grandchildren.
Millions of baby boomers, like Diao, don't want or can't afford to
