Mary Cohen has spent her career in education. Upon graduating, she worked as a special education teacher in Kentucky.  She then spent the next twelve years working for a professional organization advocating for the educational rights of students with disabilities and students who are gifted. Over the course of the next several years, she was responsible for the content of an on-line special education bulletin board, consulted with a county in Maryland on the development of an evaluation system for their special education program, served as an administrative assistant in a Maryland independent school, and worked as a substitute teacher.

Mary has volunteered with a number of organizations including the Special Olympics, the Girl Scouts, the Community of Concern and providing meals for a men’s shelter.  She is a former board member of the Parents Council of Washington and continues to moderate an upper school and middle school student leader discussion for the organization.

Mary became involved in Impact100 DC because of the organization’s commitment to diversity and to seeking out organizations who are working to address systemic inequity.  She is proud to be part of an all-women philanthropic organization that is able to provide transformational grants to a local non-profit.