Maria Malayter

Dr. Maria K. Malayter holds several nationally accredited degrees: a Bachelor of Science; a Master's of Arts (MA) in Organizational Communication: Training and Development from Ball State University; and her Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Science with a specialization in Leadership and Organizational Change from Walden University. She earned a Specialized Certificate: Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at Bryn Mawr College and a Certificate in EngAGEing Aging in the Curriculum at the Gerontology Center of Syracuse University. Dr. Malayter is a Certified Worksite Wellness Professional through the National Wellness Institute.

Dr. Maria is formerly the Director, for the Center for Positive Aging, National Louis University; Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences; and author of Boomers: Visions of the New Retirement. Currently, she is on business faculty for Webster University, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Concordia University - Portland Online. Doc Maria is a professional speaker through the National Speakers Association and the founder of the Do What You Love Foundation.

During her dynamic and diverse 20+ year career, Dr. Maria has been a highly rated speaker, author, systems specialist, negotiator, higher education administrator, educator, and consultant for public and private organizations across the country. Her teaching repertoire includes: leading organizational change, organizational consulting, research methods, leadership self development, and training and development.

As a social change agent, Dr. Malayter served as the Chair of the Illinois Lifelong Coalition for Older Learner Programs in Colleges and Universities, partner of the Illinois Financial Security Task Force, member Chicago Bar Association/Women's Illinois Bar Association Joint Task Force for Women's Issues as They Age,;and a SHRM/ AARP National Judge for the Best Employers for 50+ Workers.

Additional published works include her dissertation: Preretirement Training and the Early Retiree, Will They Stay? Assessing the Impact of a Major Retention Strategy for Accelerated Programs, Commission of Adult Accelerated Program (2003), Three Retirement Challenges the Experts Never Told You About, Today's Engineer, (2008) and Mentoring at a Distance, Institute For Operations Research and Management Science, (2004).

Dr. Malayter currently speaks on the topic of organizational change, overcoming adversity, and encore careers. Her signature talk is Shifting Gears: Navigating the R.I.D.E. of Change.

To reach Dr. Maria Malayter for information on any of these topics, please visit her website at www.docmaria.com