Erica F. Wood served as assistant director of the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, and was associated with the Commission from 1980 to 2020 when she retired.  She continues to work in the law and aging field, especially adult guardianship.  

At the ABA she worked primarily on issues concerning adult guardianship, health and financial decision-making, legal services delivery, dispute resolution, health and long-term care, and access to court. She has participated in national studies on public guardianship and guardianship monitoring; played a role in convening national consensus conferences on guardianship; and directed a project on Working Interdisciplinary Networks of Guardianship Stakeholders (WINGS).  Prior to 1980, she served as staff attorney at Legal Research and Services for the Elderly, National Council of Senior Citizens.

Ms. Wood received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the George Washington University. In 2013 she received the Isabella Horton Grant Guardianship Award from the National College of Probate Judges. In 2016, she was appointed by the Virginia Governor to the Commonwealth Council on Aging, where she serves as Legislative Chair. She is a former member of the Arlington Commission on Aging; a current member of the Virginia Center on Aging Board, the Virginia Public Guardianship and Conservatorship Advisory Board, and the Virginia Supreme Court WINGS.