Our story
Aging is a fact of life. Aging boldly is a state of mind.
“We wanted a safe spot to share with like-minded women who were also intent on squeezing all the juice out of the fat mango of life.”
Please join us on our walkabout.
-Jeannie & Lori
Our team and board
Jeannie Ralston
Jeannie Edmunds
Chief Operating Officer
Jeannie has been advising and building startup companies since 2011. A former CNN reporter and CBS News producer, Jeannie has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and Latin America. After her first experience as a solo traveler at age 6 (her parents put her on a plane to visit her grandparents) she has always felt most comfortable on an airplane with her passport in hand. She's the author of "Start Me Up: Tips, Tales and Truths about Starting Up and Starting Over." Her bucket list trip: to see the northern lights in Norway or Finland.
Ursula Petula Barzey
Marketing Director
Having lived in three different countries, Ursula knows firsthand that travel and cultural exchange is a powerful force for good in the world. That's why she's passionate about helping tourism businesses succeed. For the last decade, she's been working almost exclusively with tourism brands to grow their businesses online, using the power of digital marketing to help them reach their full potential.
Her bucket list: Antarctica and West Africa.
Ellesor Gray Holder
Community Manager, Tribe Social
Ellesor is an avid hiker, outdoor adventurer, and fitness enthusiast. Some of her highlights include biking the island of Bali, working in Australia, parachuting for her 60th birthday and completing the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (with NextTribe.) Her love of exploration and adventure includes her home state of South Carolina and its coast. Ellesor’s more personal adventures include her husband and daughter with ski trips out west and tropical get-aways to the Florida Keys. Bucket list: Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
Marcy Mitchell
Travel Manager
Marcy is a nomad at heart, currently living a peaceful, quiet life in Wyoming. She loves walking, paddle boarding, nordic skiing and spending as much time outdoors as possible. She cherishes the freedom and time to create beautiful things and enjoy life's simple pleasures. Life is an adventure, she says, and she's here to embrace it one step at a time! Her bucket list trip right now is Slovenia and Romania.
Marcellina Kampa
Austin Community Manager
Marcellina, (we call her “Mars”) has worked with NextTribe founder Jeannie Ralston since 2018, and is the Community Manager for NextTribe in Austin. The Austin group has grown to over 200 members. She has 30 years of experience as a project sand resource manager in advertising and graphic design. On her travel bucket list: Cappadocia in Turkey. And the Andalusian region of Spain.
Jennifer Miller
Brand Partnership Manager
Jennifer brings more than 25 years experience on the business side of all aspects of media: from publishing, luxury magazines, technology, media buying, and broadcast. She specializes in consultative sales, business development, and creating campaigns that bring results. Her travel bucket list has one item: more trips to Rancho La Puerta, a NextTribe partner! Contact her here.
Featured Writers
Sheila Weller
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NextTribe Trip Leaders
Ellen Williams
After a long career in publishing, she describes her professional status as “post-ambitious.” Her favorite work now is sharing her love of Paris with fellow NextTribe travelers. "I believe thoughtful, mature women want more than to be trotted around to lots monuments; they want to see how real Parisians live, stroll their breathtaking streets, sample their remarkable cuisine, buy their fabulous scarves."
"I’ve explored this glorious city for more than four decades, and nothing gives me more pleasure than sharing that experience."
On her bucket list: more Paris, please.
Ann Hillers
Ann has been a globetrotter for 35 years, leading groups to more than 70 countries. Comfortable on barstools and at food stalls around the world, she is happiest staying in a different hotel room every night (provided the thread count on the sheets is high).
Mollie Mitchell
Mollie is the appointed, unpaid trip planner for all of her groups of girlfriends. She has been to five continents and over two dozen countries including South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Bali, Peru, and most of Europe. She has been to 48 states and is slowly making her way to all the national parks, where she hikes but refuses to camp. Although she loves a big adventure to a foreign land, her favorite place on earth is hiking a beautiful trail in the Santa Fe National Forest with her golden retrievers.
Ellesor Gray Holder
Ellesor is an avid hiker, outdoor adventurer, and fitness enthusiast. Some of her highlights include biking the island of Bali, working in Australia, parachuting for her 60th birthday and completing the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (with NextTribe.) Her love of exploration and adventure includes her home state of South Carolina and its coast. Ellesor’s more personal adventures include her husband and daughter with ski trips out west and tropical get-aways to the Florida Keys. Bucket list: Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
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