Modern Elder Academy Tour
Thursday, September 4, 2025
9 AM - 3 PM
Join Historic Santa Fe Foundation for a tour of Modern Elder Academy and the home of Founder Chip Conley
$125 for members, $145 for non-members
The meal will be included in tour
For more information email Story Coleman at story@historicsantafe.org, or call 505.983.2567
Photos by Melanie McWhorterPlease note that a cancellation with full refund must be on or before Friday, August 29th. After that date, the purchase price will be issued as a donation.
More details, directions, and parking information will be mailed a few days before the event.
ABOUT THE TOUR
Modern Elder Academy is the first “midlife wisdom school”. Their New Mexico Campus, The Rising Circle Ranch, is a regenerative horse ranch that blends classic New Mexico architectural styles with contemporary elegance. Rising Circle Ranch features beautiful traditional Pueblo architecture across its 2,600-acre property with luxury accommodations in buildings like Juniper and Cottonwood. The combination of authentic Southwestern architecture with ancient natural history, contemporary land art, and working ranch elements creates a special sense of place that’s both grounding and inspiring. Join HSFF and Modern Academy Founder Chip Conley on a tour of the Galisteo campus, concluding with lunch at MEA’s Wisdom Well.
10am MT - Tour of 6 Magdalen
11am MT - Drive to MEA
11:15am MT - Tour of MEA including Chip's home, Wisdom Well
12:30pm MT - Lunch at Wisdom Well
1:30pm MT - Departure
The cuisine of northern New Mexico is renowned for its unique blend of Native American, Spanish, and Mexican influences, resulting in dishes that feature bold flavors and a rich cultural tapestry. The meal will be lovingly made by Chef Krista and her team.
ABOUT THE GUIDE
Chip Conley is on a midlife mission. After disrupting the hospitality industry twice, first as the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the second-largest operator of boutique hotels in the U.S., and then as Airbnb’s Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, leading a worldwide revolution in travel, Conley co-founded MEA (Modern Elder Academy) in January 2018 in Baja California, Mexico. Inspired by his experience of intergenerational mentoring as a ‘modern elder’ at Airbnb, where his guidance was instrumental to the company’s extraordinary transformation from fast-growing start-up to the world’s most valuable hospitality brand, MEA is the world's first ‘midlife wisdom school’ and has a 2,600-acre regenerative horse ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico which opened in May 2024. Dedicated to reframing the concept of aging, MEA supports students to navigate midlife with a renewed sense of purpose and possibility. A New York Times bestselling author, Conley's 7th book "Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age" is about rebranding midlife to help people understand the upside of this often-misunderstood life stage and he was asked to give a 2023 TED talk on the "midlife chrysalis."
WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER?
Add a membership to your cart to get the discounted rate for this tour and other Member benefits.
Annual membership - Individuals $50, Household $90
Visit the Join & Give page, email Story Coleman at story@historicsantafe.org, or call 505-983-2567.
Checks for Membership can be mailed to Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 545 Canyon Rd, Ste 2, Santa Fe NM, 87501
