Jeff Cohen is a social sector strategy and operations leader with over 20 years of consulting experience.

Jeff has extensive experience supporting place-based social impact efforts and designing and implementing systems change strategies. He has a deep commitment to creating more equitable and effective education systems in the United States. He has also worked on a wide range of other topics, ranging from improving health outcomes in the Rio Grande Valley to supporting local journalism to strengthening the foster care system in California and Washington.

Jeff has worked across leading consultancies, including FSG, Redstone Strategy Group, and McKinsey & Company. He also brings direct operating experience, having served as Senior Director of Strategy and Analytics at a statewide education intermediary, were he led data-driven initiatives to improve impact and organizational effectiveness.

He is a passionate supporter of the arts and has served on multiple boards of performing arts organizations. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys hiking, planning long road trips, and trying to keep up his classical languages.

Education:

• Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, MBA

• Yale University, MA in Classical Philology

• Harvard University, BA magna cum laude in Classics