She was named as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014 by Goldman Sachs and Top Ten Women to Watch in Tech in 2015 by Inc magazine.
She is recognized internationally for her pioneering work in educating and preparing venture capital investment partners, through the Kauffman Fellows Program.
Costello was on the start-up team of the Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship center,[3] where for eight years she directed its efforts in venture capital, angel investing, entrepreneur support programs, and programming to accelerate high potential women entrepreneurs.
Her prior experience includes Directing the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College,[4] developing small business products and marketing strategies at AT&T and launching medical ventures for an investor group of twenty prominent children's hospitals as Executive Vice President of the start-up Child Health Corporation of America.
She holds an MBA in Executive Management from Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri.