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.

Sara has been a regular contributor to Forbes.com on the topics of aging and retirement for the past six years. A sought-after speaker at conferences on retirement and aging, Sara is active in the Retirement Coaches Association, the American Society on Aging, the Sonoma County Section on Aging, and the 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.

Jay Zigmont, PhD, CFP®, Founder of Childfree Trust® (https://childfreetrust.com). (he/him) Dr. Jay Zigmont, PhD, MBA, CFP®, is a TEDx speaker, cultural economist, and the leading expert on the Childfree Economy—the multi-trillion-dollar economic and social shift driven by the 25% of Americans without children. He is the founder of Childfree Wealth® and Childfree Trust®

Childfree Wealth® is an SEC RIA dedicated to serving Childfree people. Childfree Trust® enables Childfree people to appoint a trust company to serve as their medical POA, financial POA, executor and trustee, effectively acting as their next of kin.

Dr. Jay is the author of the books “Portraits of Childfree Wealth” and “The Childfree Guide to Life and Money.” Dr Jay is the co-host of the Childfree Wealth podcast. His Ph.D. is in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut. He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, CNBC, and many other publications. In 2023, he was named a “Rising Star” by Financial Planning. In 2025 he was named one of the Top 100 Money Experts by GoBankingRates.