Meet Our Team

• Date: 01 November 2023

MeetOurTeam

DAVID M GODFREY

DIRECTOR

DAVI D M G ODFR EY is the Direct or o f the ABA Commis sion on La 

and Aging He focuse s on oera ll  ision and direct ion fundr aisi ng

and admini stra tie d utie s He is still taki ng the lea d on t he ABA s

role in th e Ad minist rati on on Agin g fund ed N ationa l Ce nter o n La 

and Elder Righ ts and for produ cing the N atio nal Ag ing and La 

Conf erence  He is a form er boa rd m ember of t he Nat iona l Acad em

of E lder L a A ttorne s and a s se lected as a Fell o o f the

Acad em in   Pri or t o join ing the Co mmis sion he  as

resp onsibl e fo r elde r la  prog ramm ing at the Acces s to Justi ce

Foun dation in Kentuc k Mr Go dfre  earn ed h is BA  i th hon ors at

Roll ins Co lleg e in W inte r Park  Fl orida and his J D cum la ude from

the Unier sit of Lo uis ille S choo l Of L a i n Kent uck 

ERICA COSTELLO

SENIOR ATTORNEY

ERIC A COST ELLO sere s as a Sen ior Attorn e a t the ABA

Comm ission on La and Ag ing  here she  orks on is sues

conc erning adult gua rdia nship elder abu se neglec t a nd fin anci al

epl oitati on suppor ted decisi onm aking and ac ces s to court s

Prio r to j oini ng the Commis sio n E rica  as t he Adu lt G uardia nshi p

Atto rne  ith the In dian a Supr eme Court and assist ed c ourts and

the public on all matters relating to guardianship Erica has a BA

from Indiana Uniersit Bloomington a MA from Northestern

Uni ersit  an d a J D f rom Br ande is Sch ool of La  at the U nie rsit

of L ouisi lle in Ke ntuc k

ELIZABETH RUSSO

SENIOR ATTORNEY

ELIZ ABETH RUSS O ser es a s a Se nior Attor ne at the ABA

Comm ission on La and Ag ing h ere she o rks on iss ues

conc erning adult gua rdia nship elder abu se neglec t a nd fin anci al

epl oitati on suppor ted decisi onm aking and ac ces s to court s

Prio r to j oini ng the Commis sio n B eth a s th e Depu t D irecto r of

Alas kas O ffic e of P ubli c Ado cac  She headed the Al aska P ubli c

Guar dians office from    Befor e co ming t o OP A she

ork ed for the At tor ne Genera ls Office repres ent ing Adult

Prot ectie Seric es and API Bet h re ceied her B A from Welle sle

Coll ege an d he r JD and M PH  fr om Bos ton Unier sit 

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