Alan Spector retired from a 33-year career with the Procter & Gamble Company in 2002, as Director of Worldwide Quality Assurance, having begun “practicing retirement” five years before that. In retirement, Al pursues two of the passions of his youth, baseball and books. He continues to play baseball at age 70 and has coached his grandson’s team. Al has written and published five books (www.aaspector.com), including Your Retirement Quest, as well as
numerous magazine and newspaper articles, and he is working on books six and seven. He also consults extensively for companies and non-profits, works out daily, is an active community volunteer, leads a mentoring program at the high school from which he graduated, has sat on several boards, and is an active blogger. Al and his wife, Ann, live in St. Louis, travel widely, and enjoy their four grandchildren.