Name:
Robert Cohen
AIPAC Role:
Member of AIPAC's Board of Directors
AIPAC national board member, former President of AIPAC (2014–2015), and former Chair of the Board of Directors (2016–2017, 2019). Founder and CEO of New York City real-estate firm R.A. Cohen & Associates, Inc.; former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Imperial Properties, Inc.; former Vice President and General Counsel of M. J. Raynes Incorporated; former associate at Proskauer Rose; graduate of the NYU School of Law. Former Acting President of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF); attended the 2018 FIDF National New York Gala that raised $32 million. Central figure in AIPAC's opposition to the 2015 U.S.–Iran nuclear deal, authoring an email to members (leaked via WikiLeaks and forwarded to Hillary Clinton advisor John Podesta) stating: "We have come to the unfortunate conclusion that this agreement does not achieve the minimum requirements necessary for an acceptable deal… Over the next 60 days, AIPAC will focus on one goal: engaging and convincing members of the House and Senate to oppose this deal." Led AIPAC's $20 million campaign through Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran to defeat the agreement. Speaker at the 2014 AIPAC Policy Conference alongside Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Co-headed the AIPAC delegation to the 2014 AIPAC Lay Leadership Institute Class briefing on "Israeli Democracy in Action" hosted by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). Regular participant in AIPAC's Real Estate Division and high-level donor events.
