RETIREMENT STORIES - PODCAST - Professor and Captain: Liz Vallard

Professor and Captain: Liz Vallard

By Lisa Raffo, Editorial Director

"Life is what happens to you when you plan to do something quite different," Vallard observes.

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"My advice to someone retiring is pick a place you love to be and do whatever is necessary to live there," says Liz Vallard of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Now in her early sixties, the former college professor and New York City native has held a series of retirement jobs. They have ranged from a technical lighting designer in a theater, to being a tour guide, to operating the "Chappy Ferry", which carries people to the island of Chappaquiddick, widely known as the site of a deadly automobile accident in 1969 that greatly affected the career of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

Find out more about Liz's entertaining career story by pressing the play button and listening to my interview with her.

Lisa Raffo is Editorial Director of RetirementJobs.com and a popular freelance writer. Lisa has worked extensively in radio and television news. She was with CNN in New York and Washington as a writer, editor, producer and executive producer. She has also worked with CBS and Fox affiliates as well as Voice of America and MacNeil-Lehrer productions.