Beth Costello, M.B.A., manages the Kohl’s Drive Smart grant-funded program for distracted driving prevention within the Pediatric Trauma Program at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She partners with U-M’s Transportation Research Institute in program development and works with a number of Michigan coalitions.
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