Elaine Schaefer is a Certified Life Coach, former business owner, and trailblazing former police sergeant who now speaks on reinvention, mindset, and bold aging. At 76, she embodies the message she delivers: that identity, relevance, and purpose do not expire with a career.

With decades of lived experience — from pioneering female law enforcement to building successful businesses and reinventing her life multiple times — Elaine challenges outdated beliefs about aging and retirement. Her talks inspire high-achieving women to move from career-defined identities to self-defined, purpose-driven next chapters.

Elaine speaks at women’s leadership summits, retirement transition events, mindset conferences, and entrepreneurial gatherings. Her keynote themes include breaking the old rules of aging, identity beyond career, reinvention at any age, and cultivating audacious possibility.