Hi All!

I am one of the many boomers who believe in reinvention...not retirement!

Picture this scenario: A scholarly, award-winning college professor of business and economics at a small Dominican-owned private college and a successful corporate trainer whose clients include some large national and international companies, and an author of a popular monthly business column writes a romance novel at the age of 53. No…that isn’t the plot of the novel…that’s the story of my life!

From the corporate boardroom and college classroom to the world of romance and suspense…from the pragmatic and practical to the provocative and romantic. Now that is a paradigm shift!

I’ve been living winters in Florida since I semi-retired from teaching and corporate training in 2000 and decided to reinvent my life, re-evaluate my work, and redefine my passions. And instead of moving forward on the journey I laid out over her 30-year career, I completely jumped the track. My fourth book will be out in the spring! (www.ekbarber.com)

“Professor Beaubien” is in the college classroom in the fall, teaching the Law of Supply and Demand, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership and Contemporary Business Practices to graduate and undergraduate students at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, this high-energy woman concurrently enters the corporate world as a professional trainer and consultant. Her clients include such diverse companies as Harley-Davidson, Rayovac, Oscar Mayer, Bayer, The Peabody Hotel, and Firstar Bank. As an internationally renowned public speaker, she presents to large audiences on employee retention, leadership, communication, and motivation.

Then suddenly in the last few years, like Diana Prince, who removes her public persona to become Wonder Woman, “Professor Beaubien” sheds her briefcase, PowerPoint presentations, and class notes to become…“E. K. Barber”,writer of romantic fiction.