Calling all recent Ernst & Young retirees (and spouses)...
Navigate Your Professional and Personal Transition
at MEA’s Rising Circle Ranch in Santa Fe
Sep 5 - Sep 8, 2025 Santa Fe, USA
Led by: Former EY PPMDs Mike Kanazawa, Jeff Stier, and Chip Conley
Embrace your next chapter with clarity, confidence, and purpose
Now that you've stepped into retirement after your years with EY, how do you reconnect with who you are – beyond the roles, responsibilities, and rhythms that once defined your days?
And how do you begin to shape a life for you and your spouse or life partner that feels not just accomplished, but deeply fulfilling, intentional, exciting, and joyful?
Retirement offers you a rare and meaningful opportunity to pause, reflect, and reimagine what’s next – whether that means pursuing new passions, exploring purposeful work, or simply redefining success on your own terms.
Join MEA founder and bestselling author Chip Conley and a team of former EY partners, principals, and managing directors for a transformative three-day experience at Rising Circle Ranch in the high desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Surrounded by natural beauty and a like-minded community, you will gain powerful tools to rediscover purpose, design your next chapter together, and embrace this new season of life with clarity, curiosity, and courage.
Designed and facilitated by former EY PPMDs.
This MEA program complements EY’s Future Directions and other transition programs and bridges professional transition with personal renewal by offering you space to reflect, reframe, and design your next chapter with intention and insight – all on a spectacular 5,000-acre ranch in Santa Fe.
Here's what you’ll gain
Plus, you'll get to do this powerful work with a cohort of thoughtful PPMDs and EDs from EY who are navigating similar transitions. The trusted relationships you'll form will support and inspire you for years to come.
Brought to you in partnership with MEA, which has been heralded by The New York Times as the “world’s first midlife wisdom school." MEA's science-backed curriculum was created in collaboration with experts from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and Yale, and offers proven tools, practices, and support to help you navigate transitions and thrive in the second half of life.
Meet your faculty
Michael Kanazawa
Former Principal and Equity Partner – Innovation Services Global Leader at EY | Lead of EY’s Global Innovation Realized Practice | EY Global Solution Lead for XaaS Transformation | Trusted Board Member | Author
Michael is a former EY partner, strategist, and entrepreneur focused on helping others reach their full potential by unlocking their natural strengths and human ingenuity.
After building and selling the innovation firm Bedrock to EY, he spent a decade leading global innovation and transformation initiatives. Today, he teaches at USC’s Iovine and Young Academy, where he leads a Venture Studio supporting emerging startups focused on the Future of Human Potential.
Michael is also a creative storyteller and musician, developing a documentary on the roots of American music that came out of Hawaii’s plantation era. He believes the transition from executive to what’s next isn’t an ending, but an opening to a more meaningful chapter of greater creativity and impact.
Jeffrey Stiers
Former Lead of EY’s Strategic Purpose and Vision Realized Practice | EY America’s Lead: People Sustainability | EY America’s Lead: Purpose & Vision Realized | Co-founder of VisiVera
Jeff Stier is a visionary leader in purpose-driven transformation, renowned for his expertise in aligning organizational strategy with human-centric values.
At Ernst & Young (EY), Jeff served as the Americas Consulting Purpose & Vision Realized Leader, where he co-founded and led initiatives that helped organizations articulate and implement their core purposes at scale. He also co-founded the Global EY-Sinek Performance Practice and served as EY America’s lead for People Sustainability and Strategic Purpose and Vision Realized. His work has focused on fostering innovation, trust, and loyalty by embedding purpose into daily business practices.
When his career at EY wrapped up, Jeff co-founded VisiVera to help executives address workplace trust gaps and accelerate growth. He would love to help you envision and design your own vibrant and fulfilling next chapter – whatever that looks like for you.
Chip Conley
MEA Co-Founder | Former Airbnb Head of Global Hospitality | Bestselling Author of : PEAK, Wisdom at Work, and Learning to Love Midlife
Chip Conley is a three-time TED speaker on the big stage and one of the world's leading experts at the intersection of business innovation, psychology, and spirituality.
As founder of the second largest boutique hotel chain in America and "modern elder" to the young Airbnb founders, Chip is a globally-recognized thought leader on the future of work and the competitive advantages of a multi-generational workplace. He serves on the board of Encore.org and the advisory board for the Stanford Center for Longevity.
Chip was inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a “modern elder” at Airbnb – where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary success – to found MEA (Modern Elder Academy).
He and the MEA team are a mission to disrupt the aging industry by giving people the tools they need to thrive in midlife and beyond and create long, healthy, purposeful lives for themselves.
This workshop is for you if...
You’re a recently retired EY professional who's looking for clarity into your next chapter
You still have so much to offer the world and are looking for your next “big thing”
You're ready to harness your decades of experience to make a meaningful impact in the world
You want to get into sync with your spouse or life partner, who may not be on the same retirement journey as you
You have big dreams you’ve often thought about exploring but have never had the opportunity to pursue
You're excited to redefine “retirement” on your own terms and create a post-career life that delights and fulfills you
Santa Fe, USA
Rising Circle Ranch
An upscale regenerative ranch featuring traditional Pueblo architecture and spanning nearly 2,600 acres of wildlife, hiking trails in the arroyo, with ancient petroglyphs, and awe-inspiring beauty. Close to historic Santa Fe, an artisan’s mecca.
Equine Experience Exclusive to Santa Fe Workshops
Discover profound insights and personal breakthroughs through Equine Assisted Learning—an immersive, non-riding experience where horses help you uncover your true self.
Guided by our MEA facilitators—trained by Kelly Wendorf, creator of EQUUS®, an award-winning equine-assisted learning program—these sessions provide a powerful opportunity for self-discovery. As a millennia-old prey species, horses possess extraordinary sensitivity, allowing them to reflect our hidden qualities and reveal the truth beneath the narratives we create about ourselves.
It’s a valuable enhancement to your workshop experience that will make you feel more profoundly connected to yourself and to the world around you.
Are you ready to explore what's truly possible in your next chapter?
People come for the workshops,
but they stay for the community
This is truly MEA’s “secret sauce” and something you can only experience in person: the powerful connections you will make, not only with your fellow participants and the incredible MEA faculty, but also the deeper sense of connection you will feel to your own inner self and the natural world around you.
Research into aging shows that your relationships play a HUGE role in your health and wellbeing later in life. At MEA, you will make deep and lasting connections and become part of a larger community that will make your life richer and more meaningful.
Many of our alumni cohorts have stayed in close touch for years after their workshop and we have a growing number of local alumni chapters all over the world. It’s a joy for us to see them continuing to offer each other community, friendship, and support as they create thriving midlives for themselves. So if you have been feeling at all disconnected or isolated on your journey, we would love to have you join us!
Have we mentioned the food?
The MEA experience is designed in part by Chip Conley, a world-renowned boutique hotelier, which means the food is amazing.
All of the ingredients are locally sourced, organic, and made from scratch in our kitchens by hand-picked chefs. The delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners will leave you feeling nourished inside and out – not to mention the blended drinks made with fresh fruit and other top-shelf ingredients.
Each retreat center has multiple kitchens that always have snacks and beverages available. At MEA, we believe that thriving is delicious!
Your Workshop Includes
Single Occupancy Rate
$3,600 per person
Double Occupancy Rate
$4,900 per couple
Ready to start your journey?
Navigate Your Professional or Personal Transition
at MEA's Rising Circle Ranch
Sep 5 - Sep 8, 2025 Santa Fe, USA
Led by: Former EY PPMDs Mike Kanazawa, Jeff Stier, and Chip Conley
Step into your next chapter with confidence and ease, knowing that every detail of your experience is being taken care of by our world-class faculty and hospitality team.
$3,600 per single occupant
$4,900 per couple
