Primary Job Title Principal and Head of Alternative Investments Primary Organization 
GenTrust
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Mr. Cohen is responsible for the selection, oversight, management and development of alternative investment strategies including hedge fund, private equity, opportunistic and other non-traditional strategies.
Prior to joining GenTrust, Mr. Cohen worked at Strategic Investment Group, an outsourced investment office for pension funds, foundations,
and endowments with over $30 billion in assets under management. At Strategic, Mr. Cohen was a senior member of the alternatives investment team overseeing investments in hedge funds, private equity and real estate. Mr. Cohen was responsible for manager identification, due diligence, performance analytics and portfolio construction for a $4 billion dollar portfolio of hedge funds. In addition, he created and managed a portfolio of opportunistic investments that fell outside of established asset classes.
Before joining Strategic Investment Group, Mr. Cohen worked in Structured Credit at Lehman Brothers where he covered hedge funds and proprietary trading desks.
Mr. Cohen received a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar, the school’s highest academic distinction. Mr. Cohen received an AB from Harvard College, magna cum laude in Economics.
Mr. Cohen is a member of the DC advisory board for the Posse Foundation and a trustee of the Air Force Aid Society.
