This week on The Lebenthal Report we welcome Ron Roel. Ron Roel is a veteran journalist, author, and radio show host who is passionate about promoting “successful aging” across the generations, providing useful information, pragmatic solutions and compelling stories to help people explore rewarding experiences throughout life. He is the host of 45 Forward, a nationwide internet talk radio show on VoiceAmerica.com. Each week, Ron explores a wide range of topics with guest experts, integrating key components of work and careers, health, finance, family and friends, housing, and individual passions to prepare people for their journey through the second half of life. Ron spent twenty years as a writer and editor at Newsday, Long Island’s daily newspaper, covering business, workplace issues, real estate, and politics, in addition to founding Act 2, the paper’s weekly section for readers aged 50-plus. As President of Roel Resources LLC, an editorial consulting firm, Ron has written extensively on aging topics, spoken at numerous conferences, and on radio and TV shows.