By Walter Mears
Retired execs find ways to help – this time as volunteers.
A tiger sanctuary. A symphony orchestra. Public libraries. Charter schools. A town in Nicaragua. A Durham-based foundation that helps support more than 800 charitable trusts.
That is a small sampling of the Durham and Triangle-area nonprofit groups that have turned to the Executive Service Corps (ESC) of the Triangle to enhance their operations with help from its volunteer consultants.
ESC of the Triangle has a roster of nearly 60 retired or semi-retired professionals who serve as consultants. They earned leadership roles in business, government and education before retiring in Durham, Chapel Hill and other Triangle communities. For people who have reached top positions in their fields, it isn’t always easy to wind down into retirement.