Steve’s Professional Bio

Steve Vernon, F.S.A., is the president of Rest-of-Life Communications, which he founded after retiring from a 25-year career with global consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide. As vice president at Watson Wyatt, Steve helped Fortune 1000 employers design, manage, and communicate their retirement programs.

While working at the Stanford Center on Longevity from 2013 to 2022, Steve conducted and directed research on retirement income, retirement planning and decision-making, and behavioral economics.

About Rest-of-Life Communications

Through his company Rest-of-Life Communications, Steve delivers retirement education campaigns and retirement planning workshops for consumers and advisers. He does not sell investments or insurance, so his services are not influenced by how he is paid. He shares insights and strategies from research he helped conduct while working at the Stanford Center on Longevity.

Rest-of-Life Communications has served a variety of clients

AARP
Aerospace Corporation
Cadence Design Systems
Chicago Transit Authority
Esterline
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Plans
Merrill Lynch
Nationwide Financial
Northwestern Mutual
Portland General Electric
Puget Sound Energy
Reform Pension Board
Rockwell Automation
Sempra Energy
Synopsys
USC
Weyerhaeuser

Steve’s books

A prolific author, Steve has published the following books:

Don’t Go Broke in Retirement: A Simple Plan to Build Lifetime Retirement Income
Retirement Game-Changers: Strategies for a Healthy, Financially Secure, and Fulfilling Long Life
Money for Life: Turn Your IRA and 401(k) Into a Lifetime Retirement Paycheck
Recession-Proof Your Retirement Years: Simple Retirement Planning Strategies That Work Through Thick or Thin
The Quest: For Long Life, Health and Prosperity (a DVD/workbook package)
Live Long & Prosper! Invest in Your Happiness, Health and Wealth for Retirement and Beyond
Don’t Work Forever! Simple Steps Baby Boomers Must Take to Ever Retire

Publications, speaking experience, and credentials

Since 2010, he’s written more than 1,000 online columns on retirement and longevity for CBS MoneyWatch and Forbes.com. He also wrote or co-wrote 19 research reports and articles on retirement income strategies, retirement decision-making, and longevity topics while at the Stanford Center on Longevity.

Steve is a sought-after speaker and subject matter expert, and has been featured or quoted in BusinessWeek, CNBC, Fortune Magazine, Forbes, Kiplinger’s, Los Angeles Times, Money Magazine, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USAToday, and Washington Post.

In addition to being a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, Steve is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Personal

Steve and his wife Melinda are in their early 70s, and they’ve applied Steve’s research and strategies to plan their own retirement years.

‘For this next phase of my life, I want to use my skills and life experience to help people with important life planning – to help them live long and prosper!’