Ruth Mitman, Ph.D., founder and president of The Mitman Group, is a 50-plus market advisor with over 25 years of experience studying the mature market. A Ph.D. graduate in Gerontology and Education from Michigan State University, Dr. Mitman has a diverse professional background in the fields of gerontology and education. As a national speaker, trainer, and consultant, Ruth helps companies increase their market share by understanding and speaking to older customers better than their competitors, thereby increasing sales, improving customer service, and retaining hard-won clients.

Before the establishment of The Mitman Group, Dr. Mitman was a Corporate Gerontologist and Educational Consultant at the Hartford Financial Services Company. She also served as Training Officer at Valley National Bank in Des Moines, Iowa, where she directed all bank-wide training.

Dr. Mitman has served on the faculty of the College of Lifelong Learning at Michigan State University, where she received her Ph.D. in Education and Gerontology in 1984. She was also an instructor at the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Michigan, a consultant for AARP, and a faculty member at Lansing Community College.

A partial list of her clients includes The Hartford Financial Services Company, Mass Mutual Financial Group, Chase Credit Card Services, AARP, MIT Age Lab, LIMRA International, Wausau Benefits, and the Episcopal Church Pension Fund.

Dr. Mitman is a member of the American Society on Aging, the National Council on the Aging, the Society for Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business, and the American Society for Training and Development.