FABULOUS 50 Campaign | Meet Renee
"I think that one of the myths that I can bust is that I was taught in business that as women age, they become less valuable in the corporate space. ”
Renee, 55 was intrigued by the Fabulous 50 project because “we never take pictures of ourselves. Except my corporate headshots when I was 30 and 35, I wouldn't have a single picture of me.”
Read more from our interview here and check out her secret talent!
What intrigued you about this project?
It intrigued me because we never take pictures of ourselves. Except my corporate headshots when I was 30 and 35, I wouldn't have a single picture of me.
I was always the one behind the camera with the kids, if there's a family shot it was done in JC Penney's photo studio back when. And that's about it. And, of course, you're not worried about your makeup, your hair what you're wearing. You just got to make sure all the kids are fine, you know, wrangling them. And when you look at them you think, “Oh my god that wasn't a good color. I'm glad we survived the day.” We all wore black turtlenecks and then we went out to lunch afterwards. The boys were young - the little guy was maybe four and older was six and the waitress accused us of being the Sopranos because we were all dressed the same. And the black turtle necks really didn't work.
What made you want to celebrate yourself now?
I just thought, oh my goodness, if I get hit by a bus, there's no good pictures. If I get kidnapped, what shot are they gonna use? Maybe grade school picture to be like, have you seen this person. And it’s one of those progressive computerizations….
How does being a woman today, make you uniquely powerful?
I think in our 50s we finally figure it all out, you know, or start to. We have enough road miles to go okay, we can figure this out.
What did you do to celebrate when you turned 50?
We went to Key West, and it started out at a Christmas party where I said, “gee I want to celebrate my 50th birthday in Key West and my birthday’s in the middle of May. So it's a pretty good time to go to Key West especially for people who live in winter climates. And 22 people, 11 other couples came with us. So it really, it was really special there's a picture of all of us and, yeah, it was a lot of fun. Who has 22 people go away with them for at their 50-year-old birthday?
If you have a bucket list, what is your favorite thing that you've accomplished? And what's still left?
I’ve been to all 50 states. And I did that before my 50th birthday, so that was definitely a bucket list item. Now, a few of those states, I went to for business, so I didn't spend a ton of time or see the sights but I did set foot in that state.
What's left on the bucket list is really spending some time in some of those places. On business, we saw the hotel, we saw the convention center we saw a few dinners and didn't really see the state. So that's obviously the bucket list item now.
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What is your secret talent?
I can say the alphabet backwards in four seconds.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Say Yes to the Dress. Really.
We actually got to go to Kleinfelds with my daughter in law to be and we pretty much knew we weren't going to be buying dress there but, you know, she was a bride she registered. And they were actually filming- they weren't filming us- but they had a whole group that was there with six or seven people. We were sitting right across from them on the sofa, so we could hear most of what was going on. That show was my guilty pleasure before and then kind of even more so after because you saw all how it all happened.
Are there any myths you'd like to bust about being over 50?
I think that one of the myths that I can bust is that I was always taught in business that as women age, they kind of become less valuable in the corporate space. You don't see a lot of 65-year-old female CEOs, you don't see a lot of female CEOs. If you look at the second level senior vice presidents, you really don't see many women over 50. I think Carly Fiorina may have said after 50 you start to get useless to your company, no whereas men hit 50-55 years old and they're considered a prime age to be the CEO or the senior whatever, a CIO, C suite stuff. And I think that that is starting to change.
What advice from this perspective, would you give your 20 year old self?
The advice I would give my 20 year old self is stay focused and be who you are, because you'll find your niche. I think that's the most important thing.
Travel now. Don't wait to be the senior citizen retiree because there's a lot of physical stuff that you may not be in shape to do (later in life).
What 3 words do you want people to think of you?
A leader, vivacious, and have boundless energy.
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