David Cohen
David Cohen serves as Senior Fellow at Experience Corps and Civic Ventures. He is President of Global Integrity.
He co-founded the Advocacy Institute, an institution of teaching and learning which facilitates the empowerment of communities underrepresented in the political process. In that capacity he pioneered advocacy strategies with pro democracy social justice organizations by building advocacy capacity in the U.S., India, Bangladesh, Namibia, Nepal, South Africa, Russia, and countries in Eastern and Central Europe. He is now retired from the Advocacy Institute
Prior to co founding the Advocacy Institute in 1985, Mr. Cohen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Common Cause from 1975 to the end of his term in May 1981. As a public interest issue advocate, Cohen has played a leadership role in numerous issue battles, including nuclear arms control, campaign finance, congressional reform, civil rights, consumer affairs, urban affairs, anti poverty, and end the war legislation.
Mr. Cohen served as President of the Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control from 1984 1992. The coalition comprised the Lawyers' Alliance for World Security, Physicians for Social Responsibility, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and other professional groups. The Professionals' Coalition lobbied on national security issues measures and worked with professionals in educating their communities on these issues.
