Erica Dhar

Erica Dhar is the Main Representative to the UN for the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.  Erica previously served as the Director of Global Alliances and Advocacy with AARP’s Office of International Affairs and as AARP’s Chief Representative to the United Nations. She has expertise working with the United Nations, advocating on issues of global aging, including the human rights of older persons; and on the sustainable development goals 2030 agenda. Erica managed the AARP Office of International Affairs in New York City, where she was responsible for relationships with international nonprofits, UN agencies and organizations dealing with aging, as well as international visitors. Erica is a board member of the UN NGO Committee on Ageing in NY and served as the cochair of the UN Stakeholder Group on Ageing. She spent 18 years in the broadcast and financial services industry with the Lifetime network and JP Morgan Chase.  Erica received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Delhi University in India, a master’s degree in corporate political communication from Fairfield University in Connecticut, and a master’s degree from the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study. 

Erica is published in the Journal of Care Management, the Journal of Long Term and Home Health Care, on the topic of transnational caregiving and in the N Y times New Old Age blog.