Maddy Kent Dychtwald
Maddy Kent Dychtwald   Maddy Kent Dychtwald is a nationally recognized public speaker, author, marketing executive and entrepreneur. One of the nation's leading authorities on the mature market, for the past ten years she has been analyzing and forecasting consumer and marketing trends relative to Baby Boomers and the 50-plus population. In 1986, she co-founded Age Wave, Inc., the nation's premier consulting and marketing firm focused on the desires and needs of mature consumers.

  In her capacities at Age Wave, Ms. Dychtwald managed projects involving a diverse group of Fortune 500 clients, including companies such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Eckerd Drug Company, McDonald's, Ortho Pharmaceuticals, and The Principal Financial Group. She has helped these and numerous other companies develop leading-edge products and marketing strategies that target middle-aged and mature market segments.

  Ms. Dychtwald has been featured in newspapers, magazines and trade publications nationwide. She is also an award-winning producer of numerous communications programs, including a PBS special, that depict a positive image of aging. She is currently at work on her new book, “The Power Generation.”

  Ms. Dychtwald's presentations combine provocative information with exciting and entertaining multimedia imagery. She has delivered speeches to more than fifty thousand people nationwide. A baby boomer herself, Ms. Dychtwald graduated magna cum laude from New York University. Presently she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Ken, and their two children, Casey and Zakary.

TOPICS: Staying On Top In An Ever-Changing World, Breaking The Bonds Of Resistance With Baby Boomers, Middlescence And Beyond, Baby Boomers On Board; Strength In Numbers, Managing Brand Equity In A Changing World

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