Judith Kozlowski
Judith Kozlowski is an independent Elder Justice consultant. She is a consultant for the International Association for Indigenous Aging (IA Squared) and NAEJI. She is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). She was a subject matter expert with the DOJ Elder Justice Initiative for over 10 years. Prior to that, she was a Senior Advisor to the HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging and the Administration on Community Living (ACL) where she helped develop national policy initiatives concerning elder abuse and financial exploitation. While at ACL, she presented at Title VI conferences. She had a career as a state and federal prosecutor in New York, Miami and Washington, D.C. where she focused on the investigation and trial of complex fraud and white-collar cases. As an Assistant United States Attorney, she created and ran a multidisciplinary elder financial exploitation federal prosecution team for over a decade. She was also a trial counsel and branch chief the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Director of the Criminal Prosecution Assistance Group at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Ms. Kozlowski was instrumental in establishing the Office for the Financial Protection of Older Americans at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She regularly speaks at local and national conferences on Elder Justice, particularly financial exploitation, financial literacy, and a financial guide for family caregiving.