Convocation: Neil Howe

Neil Howe, best-selling author and national speaker, is a renowned authority on generations in America. He gives readers and audiences powerful insights into who today’s generation are, what motivates them as consumers and workers, and how they will shape our national future. Howe's broadly cyclical perspective—oriented around familiar generational life stories—puts "the long term" into a stunning yet personal focus. Historian, economist, and demographer, Howe is a founding partner of the consulting firm LifeCourse Associates, a marketing, personnel, and strategic planning consultancy serving corporate, government, and nonprofit clients. Also a recognized authority on global aging, long-term fiscal policy, and migration, he is a senior associate to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. where he helps lead the Global Aging Initiative. Howe has coauthored several books on generations with William Strauss, all best sellers widely used by businesses, colleges, government agencies, and political leaders of both parties. Titles include Generations, a history of America told as a sequence of generational biographies; 13th Gen, the best-selling nonfiction book ever about Generation X; The Fourth Turning; and Millennials Rising. The title of his presentation was "Generations of Americans: Lifestyles, Politics, and the Rhythms of History."