Broadcaster & Executive Producer
Founder, host and executive producer of Senior Nation™, which premiered on the SORC-TV/Radio network in 2025. An experienced television and radio host and broadcast interviewer.
Founder · Host · Executive Producer
Phyllis AymanMS/SLP
Longevity thought leader, #1 Wall Street Journal & USA Today bestselling author, TEDx speaker and broadcast interviewer — on a mission to change the conversation about aging.
Her story
The science of communication. The study of a lifetime.
Phyllis Ayman’s career began with the science of how people communicate. As a speech/language pathologist, she spent decades at the bedside — in subacute rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care — helping people find their voices again after stroke, illness and dementia.
Those years on the front lines taught her something no textbook could: that the people society too often overlooks carry extraordinary reserves of wisdom, humor, resilience and perspective. It also made her a determined advocate for the quality of care older adults deserve.
That conviction carried her from the clinic to the bookshelf, the TEDx stage and the broadcast studio. Today, as the founder, host and executive producer of Senior Nation™, she brings influential voices into thoughtful conversations that explore what longer lives mean for all of us — and why the Age of Longevity is a story about every generation.
My profession taught me the science of communication. My life’s work made me a student of the human experience.
— Phyllis Ayman
A Perspective Recognized by Dr. Bill Thomas
In his foreword to Dignity & Respect, Dr. Bill Thomas describes Phyllis Ayman’s ability to recognize emerging challenges, question conventional wisdom, and look beyond the surface to understand the human experience. These qualities continue to inform the thoughtful, probing conversations she brings to Senior Nation.
Many voices, one mission
The roles she brings to the table.
Each one informs the others — which is why a conversation with Phyllis is never just an interview.
#1 Bestselling Author
A #1 Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, and author of OVERDUE: Quality Care for Our Elder Citizens.
TEDx & National Speaker
Speaker at TEDxDeerParkWomen with “Are You An Evolving Elder?” and a national keynote speaker on longevity, ageism and the value of experience.
Clinician
Decades at the bedside in rehabilitation and long-term care — helping patients communicate again, and seeing every one of them as a whole person.
Advocate
A longtime voice for quality eldercare and the dignity of older adults — in care settings, in the media and in policy conversations.
Consultant & CEO
CEO of Phyllis Ayman Associates in Greenwich, Connecticut — advising organizations on aging, eldercare and the Age of Longevity.
Her signature style
Conversations that illuminate, not perform.
Her approach combines informed questioning with genuine curiosity, creating space for guests to share insights, challenge assumptions, and illuminate the human dimensions of issues affecting individuals, families, and society.
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Informed questioning
Clinical training and decades on the front lines mean she knows which questions matter — and how to ask them.
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Genuine curiosity
Every conversation creates space for guests to share insights, challenge assumptions and say what they actually think.
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The human dimension
She illuminates how the biggest issues of our time play out in individual lives, families and communities.
Keynotes & appearances
Bring Phyllis to your stage.
For conferences, associations, healthcare organizations and corporate teams preparing for a multigenerational future.
Financial planning and wealth management organizations, retirement planning groups, longevity conferences, and personal development summits.
- 01The Age of Longevity — what longer lives make possible
- 02Are You An Evolving Elder?
- 03Ageism and the value of experience
- 04The S.O.S. Generation: When Caregiving & Business Collide
- 05Leading a multigenerational workforce
- 06The Wealth We Acquire Through Living