Judy Costello
Special Projects Manager – Business, Innovation, Economic Development (email)
Judy Costello is the Special Projects Manager for Business, Innovation, and Economic Development in the Office of the County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. In this role, she supports a wide range of business growth, expansion, and international partnership activities for organizations of varying sizes and industry sectors. She provides guidance to the County’s Business Center and on a variety of economic development activities. Before joining the County in 2021, she worked as Managing Director of Economic Development for BioHealth Innovation, Inc., Director of the Maryland Department of Commerce's Office of BioHealth and Life Sciences, and as Deputy Director of the department's BioMaryland Center. Prior to working for the State of Maryland, she served as Executive Director of a nonprofit, the Business Alliance for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where she organized venture pitch forums, entrepreneur bootcamps, tech transfer showcases, educational seminars, and other programs connecting entrepreneurs, faculty innovators, students, and industry leaders in Maryland, DC and Virginia with each other and with those providing funding and other resources to young companies. Before joining the Business Alliance, Costello held positions in economic development, financial services marketing, and university public relations. She is a graduate of Georgetown University, holds a MBA from Loyola University in Maryland.