Dr. Sara Zeff Geber, PhD, is an author and keynote speaker. Over the past 10 years, Sara has developed a niche specialty talking about the challenges of "Solo Agers," people who have no children or who are aging alone with no support from nearby family. She believes Solo Agers have unique needs in later life that warrant greater foresight and a more robust approach to planning.
Dr. Geber is the author of Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults (Mango Press, 2018) which was selected that year as a "best book on aging well" by the Wall Street Journal.
Also in 2018, Sara was named an "Influencer in Aging" by the editorial team at NextAvenue, a digital journalism publication produced by PBS.
In 2023, Sara was the guest editor of the summer issue of the American Society on Aging's Generations Journal, an issue which focused entirely on Solo Aging. In addition to her own essay for the Journal issue, Sara recruited 15 additional authors to write about a wide variety of topics important to Solo Agers.
A sought-after speaker at conferences on retirement and aging, Sara is active in the Retirement Coaches Association, American Society on Aging, Sonoma County Section on Aging, and Life Planning Network.
Though married, Sara considers herself a Solo Ager, since she has no children. She lives with her husband and pooch in Santa Rosa, California.